Install iATKOS L2 (Lion 10.7.2) from USB using only Windows - posted in Boot Linux and other OS flavours: Hi everyone,I searched for a solution of this and come up with YUMI - a software using syslinux and grub4dos.I'm facing a big problem now but allow me share what I've done first.1.
I have 2 machines - a MacBook Pro and a desktop running Fedora, I have a USB drive and a OSX 10.8 dmg. The MacBook won't boot into OSX unfortunately, I'm trying to make a bootable mac usb to recover it.
Any insight? I've tried dmg2img but no success putting that image onto the usb drive.
Is there an easy way to do this?
3 Answers
Have you tried 'Acetoneiso'?
It'll convert the DMG to an ISO for you. After that, the easiest way I know of to make a bootable USB is using DD.
dd if=/path/to/osx.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync
Note: sdX is an example, you will have to check your flash drive address (usually sdb if you have only one hard disk). Do not add a partition # after that (such as sdb1). This method is a little hard on flash drives (I have killed one or two doing this relatively frequently, but once should be fine).
If you are unfamiliar, DD is a bit by bit copy and sync just verifies that all files have been written to the usb.
nerdwallernerdwallerInstall dmg2img
Convert DMG image file to ISO file
Copy ISO image to USB
sdb is an example. In your case it might be different
Install Iatkos V7 Via Usb Cable
Edit
You can do the conversion and actual writing in one pass, if you don't need the .iso afterwards: it will take half the time as converting to .iso and THEN writing to the USB device. Just do:
Again, sdb is an example. In your case it might be different.
bwDracoIf you can find another Mac, try the Disk Utility App.
You can 'Restore' your 10.8 DMG to your USB drive. This will make your USB drive be bootable.
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Hey guys,
So I had a lot of problems with my hackintosh build. Wrong mobos (or at least they were supposed to work, but didn't), kexts not installing, the works. I now have a working Hackintosh (and am in fact posting from it right now) so I decided to give something back.
This is my build.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor | £157.00 @ Aria PC |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard | £99.99 @ Amazon UK |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | £68.16 @ Scan.co.uk |
| Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5' Solid State Drive | £83.99 @ Amazon UK |
| Storage | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5' Solid State Drive | £83.99 @ Amazon UK |
| Storage | Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5' 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | £53.94 @ Aria PC |
| Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card | £238.52 @ Scan.co.uk |
| Case | BitFenix Prodigy (Red) Mini ITX Tower Case | £69.33 @ Amazon UK |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic 660W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | £114.16 @ CCL Computers |
| Optical Drive | Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive | £10.80 @ Scan.co.uk |
| Monitor | LG 27MP65HQ 60Hz 27.0' Monitor | £189.30 @ Amazon UK |
| Case Fan | Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm Fan | £17.80 @ Ebuyer |
| Case Fan | Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm Fan | £17.80 @ Ebuyer |
| Total | ||
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £1253.57 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-07 14:49 BST+0100 |
Everything works. Sleep, audio, video, my GPU, the entire thing works.
I'll do a step by step guide for you guys. Here goes!
Prerequisites
I recommend that you start by checking your components. That was my first downfall.
Create a Niresh USB drive. You can use this guide here to install it, but I'd recommend only creating your USB drive via the guide then coming back to this
Make sure you download the .DMG file from the Niresh page - for reasons unknown, the ISO did not work at all. Use Win32 Disk Imager to write it to a USB drive of 8GB or more. Ignore the error about corrupting your drive - it won't.
Unplug everything you don't need - any printers, stuff like that. Only connect the drive you're installing OSX to to your SATA connectors for now.
The Guide
Iatkos V7 Installation
So, you have your (compatible!) parts, all shiny and new. Unbox, build your PC and make sure it boots, beeps and POSTs. Head into your BIOS/UEFI page and do the following:
Enter the standard looking page rather than the annoying advanced page. Press F2 and a normal looking BIOS page will come up but you can still use your mouse.
Change your first boot drive to your Niresh USB drive. Later we'll change this back to your OSX drive, but for now leave it as your Niresh drive. Don't set it to anything starting with 'UEFI' as OSX doesn't like it. Choose 'P0/SATA/Legacy', although on this particular board it's P0.
Head over to Peripherals. Scroll down to xHCI Mode - change this to Auto. Smart Auto doesn't work.
xHCI Hand-off / EHCI Hand-off - Set these to Enabled too.
That's it! You may have to mess around with the VT -d setting but I personally didn't.
Anyway, save and reboot. Your USB stick is now going to boot you into Niresh. Choose the option that says hd(0,1) Niresh-Mavericks (or similar). A grey screen will appear and the Apple loading animation will start to spin around. Give it a little while, if it freezes then the animation will stop although that shouldn't happen.
You'll come to the language selection screen next. I think only English works but don't quote me on that. I read that somewhere but I'm English so I don't need any other language.
Click through the various pages until you get to the 'Install OSX' page. It'll be blank - no worries. Go to Utilities, Disk Utility, then select your drive (be it an SSD or HDD).
Click the Erase tab, choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and type in a name. I personally just use 'OSX Mavericks' but in all honesty, it makes no difference as we aren't keeping Niresh anyway. Call it whatever.
Click Erase and give it a second. It'll reformat your disk so OSX can see it.
Exit that screen and your disc will appear in the installer window. Choose it, and click Next. There is a Customise button but for this particular installation you don't need to do anything in there.
OSX will take a little while to install. Go and get a cup of coffee and come back in half an hour or so.
Once it's done, remove your USB drive and reboot your PC. A new screen will appear now - the Niresh boot screen.
You need to tap a few keys on the keyboard before it boots as Niresh will not boot as it is. We need to enter some bootflags.
For this particular build, we need to enter the following:
-f -x -v PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No dart=0
You can enter them just like that. Press enter and it will start scrolling through a lot of text (-v is Verbose mode, which gives a run-through of everything it's doing while booting. If it hangs you can read what it doesn't like as well, which is helpful). Eventually you'll get into OSX. A little window top right will appear to do with configuring Niresh. You can ignore it - although don't reboot.
This is where you leave Niresh behind and get the full, retail version of OSX.
Open the App Store, search for 'OSX Mavericks' and download it. It's a 5 and a bit GB download so give it a while. I personally have quite a fast connection and it still takes around 15 minutes. It downloads into your Applications folder - leave it there.
Next, go into Safari. We need to download a small application to write the Mavericks installer to your USB stick..
Register, download it but don't run it yet. First we need to wipe our USB stick. Head back into Disk Utility, select your USB stick and click the Partition tab. In the drop down box choose 1 Partition. The option button is now clickable - check it's still set to MBR. Close that and erase the drive. Make sure you use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for this or Unibeast won't detect it.
Now, head to your Downloads folder, unzip Unibeast and run it. Click through the installer, choose your USB stick as the installation media (in all honesty, it'll likely be the only thing there anyway but if not, make sure you choose your USB stick). The next screen asks what version of OSX you'll be installing - make sure you click Mavericks.
Next, you'll get an option to enable Legacy USB support and Laptop Support. You can ignore this and click next for this build.
Now, Unibeast will install to your USB stick. It can take a good while - even though it looks frozen, it isn't. Mine takes around half an hour to install so don't panic!
When it's done, it'll say that it's finished. Close Unibeast, leave your USB stick in and reboot.
Make sure your boot order is still USB drive in the top box. If not it'll just boot back into Niresh.
The Unibeast menu will appear if all has gone well. Choose your USB stick and the retail OSX installer will appear!
Click your language (but I've only tested this with English) and click next. You'll be presented with the install destination page again. Your drive will appear as it's in the right format, but to be safe you can reformat it in Disk Utility, using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) option as well as 1 partition.
Choose the disk and let it install. Again, this takes around half an hour so leave it to it, go do some other stuff and come back. Leave the USB drive in once it's done. This is important or it won't boot next time around.
Once it's done, choose your OSX installation from the Unibeast screen. OSX will load the set up options, then it will go straight to the desktop. Success!
Now, before we do anything else, you need to go download Multibeast. Make sure you download version 6.4.2 - this is the Mavericks-specific version. I don't know what happens if you use another version but I suspect this will be you..
Unzip it, run it and you'll be presented with an apple with eyes. Click on 'Quick Start' and choose 'DSDT-Free'
Iatkos Ml2 Download
Next click on Drivers. Head down to Audio and chose ALC892, then Disks and choose the correct TRIM option (if you're using an SSD, if not, ignore it). After that, go to Network, and choose 'AppleIntelE1000e 2.5.4d (or something similar, I'm doing this whole guide from memory).
Click build, then Install. It'll take a second, then it'll finish. After that, unplug your USB stick, reboot OSX and now it should boot without your USB stick! Choose OSX (or leave it, it'll enter it if you leave it anyway) and you have a fully functioning retail OSX! Internet, audio, graphics, the works. You'll also have the most up to date version of OSX as it came from the App store, so you don't have to worry about updating it. iTunes etc may need an update but that's safe to do. Follow this if you want to update your Hackintosh.
Hopefully this isn't against the rules, but if it is.... shit.