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EFI GUID nforce4

EFI+GUID+nforce4 Is it possible to get this to work. I get to the point dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/disk0 bs=400 count=1 and all I get is resource busy, and yes I unmounted the disk! everything else goes smoothly but cant get past this…

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@Ianxxx Published 2008-02-05
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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3,933 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 9 dispatches) · 2008-02-05
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EFI+GUID+nforce4
Is it possible to get this to work.
I get to the point dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/disk0 bs=400 count=1
and all I get is resource busy, and yes I unmounted the disk!
everything else goes smoothly but cant get past this point.

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @Ianxxx

Author Update #1 @Ianxxx 2008-02-05
[cite] DoiX:you must type this in the terminal in the dvd not in -s and try unmounting the disk manually in disk utility if you still get resources busy wait a while and try again

Thats exactly what I did, but will give it another go

Author Update #2 @Ianxxx 2008-02-05

managed that, now i have cant find com.apple.Boot.plist

Author Update #3 @Ianxxx 2008-02-05
[cite] DoiX:don't boot using the dvd

I didnt lol

Author Update #4 @Ianxxx 2008-02-05

Just to update, re-installed, went through it all again, IT WORKS

Author Update #5 @Ianxxx 2008-02-05

now if only my nforce lan card and my sata dvd writer would work lol

Synthesized Community Field Notes

1 technical responses curated from 9 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @DoiX 2008-02-05

you must type this in the terminal in the dvd not in -s and try unmounting the disk manually in disk utility if you still get resources busy wait a while and try again

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@IanxxxPrimary Author62008-02-05
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