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macrumors 6502a
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How to copy the App Store Lion DMG to a Thumb Drive & modify it to boot on picky (64-bit) Mac's/Hackintosh's:
- Plug in ==/>5GB thumb drive
.
- Open Disk Utility and setup the thumb drive:
- Name: Mac OS X Install USB
- Format: Mac OS X Extended
- Partition: 1 Partition
- Partition Map: Apple Partition Map
.
- Mount InstallESD.dmg from the App Store Lion installer
.
- Mount /Mac OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
.
- Inside Disk Utility Restore the BaseSystem to your thumb drive:
- Source: Mac OS X Base System
- Destination: Mac OS X Install USB
- *Uncheck Erase Destination*
.
- Open Terminal and type:
- cp "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/kernelcache" "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/kernelcache"
.
- Edit /Mac OS X Install USB/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and add:
- <key>Kernel Cache</key>
<string>\kernelcache</string>
.
- In Terminal type:
- sudo rm "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/System/Installation/Packages"
- sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/Packages" "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/System/Installation/Packages"
.
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You should now have a Lion install thumb drive bootable on any (64-bit) Mac or Hackintosh. You could also copy this to a new DMG or DVD.
Original info from: http://www.sysprobs.com/create-bootable-lion-os-installer-image-vmware-windows-intel-based-computers
How to copy the App Store Lion DMG to a Thumb Drive & modify it to boot on picky (64-bit) Mac's/Hackintosh's:
- Plug in ==/>5GB thumb drive
.
- Open Disk Utility and setup the thumb drive:
- Name: Mac OS X Install USB
- Format: Mac OS X Extended
- Partition: 1 Partition
- Partition Map: Apple Partition Map
.
- Mount InstallESD.dmg from the App Store Lion installer
.
- Mount /Mac OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
.
- Inside Disk Utility Restore the BaseSystem to your thumb drive:
- Source: Mac OS X Base System
- Destination: Mac OS X Install USB
- *Uncheck Erase Destination*
.
- Open Terminal and type:
- cp "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/kernelcache" "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/kernelcache"
.
- Edit /Mac OS X Install USB/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and add:
- <key>Kernel Cache</key>
<string>\kernelcache</string>
.
- In Terminal type:
- sudo rm "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/System/Installation/Packages"
- sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/Packages" "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install USB/System/Installation/Packages"
.
---------
You should now have a Lion install thumb drive bootable on any (64-bit) Mac or Hackintosh. You could also copy this to a new DMG or DVD.
Original info from: http://www.sysprobs.com/create-bootable-lion-os-installer-image-vmware-windows-intel-based-computers
Hi there,
i am following this guide;
http://sites.google.com/site/nozyczek/home/hackintosh/how-to-create-lion-usb-stick-installer
and it asks me to do the same as your asking i.e.
add
<key>Kernel Cache</key>
<string>\kernelcache</string>
to /Volumes/lionUSBinstaller/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
but i do not know how exactly to put this as simple as it sounds. i have it like this;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
</dict>
</plist>
<key>Kernel Cache</key>
<string>\kernelcache</string>
is that correct? i am yet to get my "hackintosh" to install lol
thanks very much
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DUR... i should read everything before posting next time, i see it explains in the link. thanks very much
