jackychan Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Any ideas on how to go about this? I know OSX86 can be installed on a thinkpad x40, because this guy apparently did it: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...inkpad_X40_2386 But I don't have any USB ports except a PCMCIA card, and I can't boot an external CD rom drive from that. My only options that I'm aware of are: 1. Network installation over wired lan (I haven't seen this done, but it sounds feasible). 2. Installing OSX on another PC with the hard drive of my thinkpad, then putting the hard drive back into my thinkpad (would involve some sort of boot sector voodoo)? Anyone have any experiance with this? Suggestions? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99289-how-to-install-osx86-without-usb-or-a-cddvd-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 You may install MacOSX by VMWare on separate partition and then boot this partion directly. You can download 30-day version of VMWare Workstation. Enough to install? Search for HOW_TO. For installation DVD you need any CD/DVD-emulator. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99289-how-to-install-osx86-without-usb-or-a-cddvd-drive/#findComment-709641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackychan Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 thank you! I'll try that once this semester is over. I'm probably going to try 10.4.6, because I want the most stripped down version I can get 'cause my little x40 is definitely showing its age :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99289-how-to-install-osx86-without-usb-or-a-cddvd-drive/#findComment-712026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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