Mike is Fr3sh Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hey guys, I'm having trouble dual booting Mac OS X on my computer. All I'm having trouble with is placing the dmg image on a USB that boots. I've tried different ways to place or "burn" the image with no luck. I don't have dual layer dvds, so I can't burn it to a DVD. Help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Wait what? Is tihs a MAC computer or are you trying to hackintosh it? >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick- Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Well as far as i know with out a EFI emulator you can NOT install OS X on a any thing but apple certified hardware. Also the way i have see people do it is with a modified hard drive sled. If you are just trying to reinstall OS X on a mac but installed windows first you will first have to repartition the drive so it can install with out messing up your windows install. Just a FYI i have see people use boot camp and alot of them had data lost on there windows side and with the same hardware with out boot camp no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 They be herping the derp here: http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pc-no-hacking-required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike is Fr3sh Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yeah, hackintosh. I tried that link before. I just don't have a mac to create the thumb drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 http://linux.die.net/man/8/mkfs.hfsplus If you have a Linux distro, you can always try using the mkfs.hfsplus utility. >.< otherwise, you're gonna need a mac =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 try Kalyaway build, it worked fine for me. try this site also, helped me out alot. http://www.insanelymac.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaine Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Why do you want OS X on your computer again? I thought you hated my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The_Monkey Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Well as far as i know with out a EFI emulator you can NOT install OS X on a any thing but apple certified hardware. Also the way i have see people do it is with a modified hard drive sled. If you are just trying to reinstall OS X on a mac but installed windows first you will first have to repartition the drive so it can install with out messing up your windows install. Just a FYI i have see people use boot camp and alot of them had data lost on there windows side and with the same hardware with out boot camp no problem. As far as I know, you don't know shit. I used VMWare to install OSX on the computer to a spare hard drive. Then you can boot into it natively. YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH OSX86 HERE: http://www.insanelymac.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 As far as I know, you don't know shit. I used VMWare to install OSX on the computer to a spare hard drive. Then you can boot into it natively. YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH OSX86 HERE: http://www.insanelymac.com/ While true dat, hackintosh is horribly unreliable for newer computers. When I tried to hackintosh, all of my major components weren't available. This was mostly due because all of my parts were brand new and state-of-the-art of the time in January =x I remember seeing a lot if not all of 2008 hackintosh drivers are available though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The_Monkey Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 While true dat, hackintosh is horribly unreliable for newer computers. When I tried to hackintosh, all of my major components weren't available. This was mostly due because all of my parts were brand new and state-of-the-art of the time in January =x I remember seeing a lot if not all of 2008 hackintosh drivers are available though! Very true F hackintoshes...buy a mac mini if you want a mac so bad; can't imagine why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I've personally never tried it. Honestly, I don't think it's worth it because the end result for me would pretty-much be: another "distro of Linux" on my computer. Mac OS X is really a Unix-derivative (to which, I couldn't care less) and another excuse to sell 'Linux' for money. Obviously the previous is a personal opinion. I don't have any personal qualms about it though since I use it (and sell it) for work. Let's put it this way, you might as well get a well-built Linux/Unix-derivative OS if you want to teh Mac. Then again, some people would find Mac OS X aesthetically pleasing =/ Back on track, Monkey does point out a very good point (double words xD), you can always run a VM with a Mac OS X image on it. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/05/run-mac-os-x-in-a-virtual-machine-with-virtualbox/ http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?Itemid=48&id=76&option=com_content&task=view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The_Monkey Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Back on track, Monkey does point out a very good point (double words xD), you can always run a VM with a Mac OS X image on it. Yes. Just make note, that if you do it right, you don't have to use VMWare fusion to boot the installation. You can actually boot to it natively by booting to that drive/partition/whatever. We simply use VMWare as a means to an end to get that crappy Mac software on our lovable PCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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