xirian Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Hi, My macbook wont boot, so i need to reinstall os x. However, my combo drive isn't working and i dont have another mac available to me, just a box running ubuntu. I have an iso image of the dvd, but i need to clone it to a partition on my external drive to use it. Im assuming I use dd for this, but when I tried to use it, it didnt show in my boot choices on my mac. is there a way to clone the iso to a partition so I can boot the install off of it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85674-clone-iso-to-partition-in-linux/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 This is a bit off topic, but if you had osx86 running on another box, it would be as simple as running Restore in Disk Utility. In Linux though? Not sure at the moment, sorry. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85674-clone-iso-to-partition-in-linux/#findComment-607975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 can OSx86 in VMware use USB devices? because you could remove the drive, put it in a USB caddy, do what you need to do, boot from the DVD partition, install, change the DVD partition to Fat32, restore using boot camp and.... done! assuming that would work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85674-clone-iso-to-partition-in-linux/#findComment-608341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xirian Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 I found the easiest option, I stole a mac from someone :V thanks anyways though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85674-clone-iso-to-partition-in-linux/#findComment-608418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 damnit, was kind of wondering if my way would work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85674-clone-iso-to-partition-in-linux/#findComment-608667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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