Hi!

Is it possible to install Leopard on an external USB HD? What about later setting the BIOS to boot from the USB drive? Will it work?

I thought about using iATKOS 5i.

My configuration is DELL Inspiron 1545, Intel T6400 (x64) with 4GB RAM.

Thanks alot for your help!

Funky

Hi Funky..

Im a new comer to this forum and also to the mac.

Wat i came across was:

-u have to first select the disk utility and create image of the installation dvd(ul get a .dmg file).
-then select ur external hd, format it to mac extended(journaled).
-select restore tab and give source as the .dmg jus created destination will be ur entire external harddrive or its partition and hit restore.
-then select system preference and startup disk and select the external hd there and hit restart.
-now installation begins for the external hd similiar to installing from dvd.
-u will be thus able to install..
jus try this out.
As i said i'm a newbie here and this is jus wat i came across and haven't tried..


Maxrock

Funky,
It works just fine booting from a USB HD. I recommend iPC OSX86 FINAL, which is what I use on my laptop setup. For compatibility with your hardware, check the following link.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/in...:Compatibility

Good luck!

Thank you both guys. I shall update you later on my results.

it´s rather nice beeing able to install osx on external drives (even memory sticks) or putting the install dvd on an usb-stick.

i have such a external install as a spare system in case of emergency.

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how do you put the install on a USB stick instead of DVD. i would be very interested into installing from usb stick or external harddrive.

how do you do it?

My motherboard is a little flakey with booting off USB devices.. With Chameleon 2.0 RC1 I was able to plug my USB-HDD in, and it would detect it and I could boot off of it, without going through the BIOS. Nifty.

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Hi, i used the iPC OSX86 FINAL DVD, but in the startup of the installation i got a kernell panic. Someone can helpme please ?? i try to install it from the dvd-rom of the laptop

My laptop configuration is:

My configuration is DELL Inspiron 1545, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz with 4GB RAM.

Thanks