h.M.M Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hello, I've got this problem now then I try to install OSx86 I don't have a dvd reader in the computer I want to install only a CD reader. I've tried to boot from USB hard disk but the system doesn't want to recognize it as a good boot device so I need someway to start the installer from a CD and then load the rest of the installation from the USB drive. Is this possible? or is there another way on doing this? Thanks for you help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuifrkns Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Buy a DVD reader! Getting Leo on a PC is worth the 30EU investment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeRunner Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I can give you some pointers that worked for me. While I have a DVD reader, I don't have a core2duo so I can't boot the retail leopard dvd. Also, my system native bios won't boot from usb. So, this is what I did. To support booting 2 or 3 different systems (linux, osx86 etc..) I use a boot manager that can be installed on a floppy. It is called Smart Boot Manager and can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/ I found that if I formatted my external usb hard drive using Disk Utility and selected the GPT partition format Smart Boot Manager could see it and boot it. Next, I used Disk Utility to make a dmg image of the retail leopard dvd and then used Disk Utility to restore it to a partition on the external usb drive. When the image was restored to the usb drive, I installed the pc_efi boot loader from pc_efi_v8. You can get information on pc_efi_v8 at http://netkas.org/ - check the forum there and/or go to the irc channel for #leopard. I had to replace the mac_kernel and some additional kexts to get the usb drive to boot on my hacintosh system, but once that was done, I was able to go to the target system, insert the floppy and plug in the usb drive and reboot. That's how I installed leopard on my main osx86 system. Hope it gives you some ideas to work from - good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h.M.M Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Nuifrkns: But I won't have any use after I installed it but if I don't find any way to install other way I might need to buy one. BladeRunner: Thanks, I will make use of that a try to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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