XX55XX Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I've researched this topic somewhat heavily, and I have not been able to find any instructions that would allow me to restore a patched Leopard .iso to a partition in Windows Vista and then make it bootable. I am asking this because I do not have a DVD burner and I do not feel like shelling out 70 dollars for an external DVD burner. The closest instructions I found were here: http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2008 Unforunately, I don't have Tiger, and thus I can not use the Terminal to make it bootable. My other alternative is to use a USB flash drive, but I am personally not sure if my BIOS would allow me to boot from a flash drive. I need to check that. Another alternative I thought of was to boot the Leopard .iso with the help of virtual disk tools, like Daemon Tools and then install Leopard onto a parition I have already created in Windows. But I am not yet sure if such will work, even though it has worked with Ubuntu Linux. Any thoughts? My copy of Leopard hasn't quite arrived yet (Bittorrent can be slow!), so I am reading as much about this subject as I can and thinking of ways I can install without the aid of a DVD burner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moto211 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 are you running a laptop? if not, why don't you slap an internal dvd burner in it for less than $30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XX55XX Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 I am aware that one can upgrade a computer with a DVD burner for less than 30 dollars, but since my machine is fairly old (though not too old, the Intel Celeron 340 in it supports SSE2/SSE3) I simply don't wish to bother. I'm actually very interested in creating a bootable partition with the Leopard .iso within, but I've been unable to find good instructions. Most of the instructions that I have read ask for a DVD burner, so I am exploring my options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moto211 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I am aware that one can upgrade a computer with a DVD burner for less than 30 dollars, but since my machine is fairly old (though not too old, the Intel Celeron 340 in it supports SSE2/SSE3) I simply don't wish to bother. I'm actually very interested in creating a bootable partition with the Leopard .iso within, but I've been unable to find good instructions. Most of the instructions that I have read ask for a DVD burner, so I am exploring my options. look for instructions on how to do a flat image install. the only downside is that you can't do it with the iso. flat image will require another very large torrent download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XX55XX Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 I wonder why I didn't discover this earlier. Thanks for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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