Since we are doing this without accessing a Mac (we are starting on a Windows machine), we are going to use the Disk Utility on the Snow Leopard installer, and will access it through a virtual machine. The best way to get the contents of a DMG image onto a USB drive is by using Mac’s Disk Utility. Furthermore, since we will need to modify the installer, a more complex route would be needed if a piece of software can only burn the image to disk (and not modify it). Most Windows tools are unable to work with a DMG file, and from my experience, those that can, have difficulty with the OS X installer. The problem with this is that Windows can only see 3 (4 with EFI) partitions (which, as I typically have 5 partitions in addition to my operating systems, will not work)
Create a boot loader disk for mac os x snow leopard using windows install#
It is possible to install an implementation of EFI (e.g.The need for MBR stems from Windows, which is currently unable to boot from a GPT disk on a non-EFI system (although, Windows 7 does recognize GPT disks).Īs a side note, there are two ways that can be used to install Windows on a GPT disk: Background:įor the above mentioned setup, a modification is required to the Snow Leopard installer so that it will accept an MBR (master boot record) type destination disk, instead of only a GPT (GUID partition table) type destination disk. The next few posts will chronicle the necessary steps to complete a triple boot (Windows 7, Ubuntu 10.10, OS X 10.6.5) setup on a (non-Mac) notebook.
(Note: the limits imposed above were purely for the fun of it – I have access to a functioning triple boot Hackintosh, but realise that many people trying to create such a Hackintosh for the first time do not.) Today’s task is to prepare an OS X installer on a USB drive, starting from an Apple Disk Image (.dmg), without access to a Mac. It’s holiday time, and as such, the geek within is restless.
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