arhopkins3 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hi guys... thanks to this great forum I was able to get Tiger installed a while back. Now I need help with Leopard... I am writing this on my Tiger install and I need to know how/if I can install Leopard without the DVD. I have the ISO from Kalyway on my hard disk. I have Vista and Tiger dual booting off my main SATA-HD and i have an external SATA HD which I've formatted and is ready for its new friend Leopard. I dont have an IDE DVD-ROM drive so I cant install Leopard off that... I have searched and searched but couldn't find a topic that describes how to somehow get the installer running from the HD. I can use Tiger to do stuff, Vista to do stuff... please advise on what I can do. I have no HDD issues, DiskUtility can see both and all is looking good - I just don't know where to get started. Thanks once again in advance QUESTION IN BRIEF : CAN/HOW DO YOU INSTALL LEOPARD FROM THE ISO AND NOT A DVD? FROM TIGER IF NEEDED? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhopkins3 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I've "restored" the ISO Kalyway file to a partition on the blank HDD but when I launch "Install Leopard" it says cant install from this volume, insert disc or something. Argh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhopkins3 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Am I really the ONLY person trying to install Leopard without a SATA DVD drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00ter Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Well, AFAIK - My DVD Drive ain't no SATA drive... Installs just fine. What happens with your PATA Drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhopkins3 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 As far as you know its not SATA but it probably is. I don't think anybody has been able to install using an IDE drive... it generates the "apple.boot.whatever" error message. I am going to have to buy a SATA drive later just to get Leopard installed I think :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozzo Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 As far as you know its not SATA but it probably is. I don't think anybody has been able to install using an IDE drive... it generates the "apple.boot.whatever" error message. I am going to have to buy a SATA drive later just to get Leopard installed I think :S Installs and works just fine for me, without a SATA device to be seen. IDE master HDD, IDE Slave CD/DVD drive. Asrock ConRoe 1333/667 m/b, BIOS 1.20, Intel 945G/ICH7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Use Pacifist! You can insert your kalyway dvd, then select the components you want to install. Then just right click and select install to separate drive. Pacifist takes care of the rest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolio2004 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I use an external USB HD with 2 partitions with EFI and GUID: First is image of Kalyway Leo DVD and second is IATKOS Leo DVD. Install is less than 10 minutes for both possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhopkins3 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yeah I've tried "restoring" the Kalyway DVD image (the DMG file that you make in DiskUtility from the official ISO) to both the first and second partitions on my external HDD but when it comes on, it just gets to a black DOS-like screen with a flashing cursor/caret in the top left. Nothing else happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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