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retail Mac Dvd
The reason you can't install is that you formatted the partition in NTFS. The retail DVD can only be installed on Fat32 formattted partitions.
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ok so i gave leo4all v3 a go and met with partial success. the disk booted and i was able to re-format the partition with MAC OS X (Journaled) and then made it to the part where my disk is checked for errors before it begins to install (the DVD i am installing from and not the hard disk). it makes it to 52% and then gives me a dirty disk error and asks me to restart. i have burned the disk twice, once with poweriso and once with astroburn and both meet the same problem. i think that it may be a problem with the file i "obtained". the file is 4.37GB burned to a Sony DVD+R 4.7GB at 3x speed both times but on different DVDs.
how would it matter if i formatted with NTFS or FAT32 when i have to re-format to MAC OS X (Journaled) in order for the setup to run on the partition? |
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i will try iPC but i would really like to get retail running on my PC. not only the fact that you can legitimately update from apple but it would be a whole new level of accomplishment for myself. thank you for your advice.
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tried installing iPC burned to a Sony DVD+R 4.7 GB and still landed at 52% with a dirty disk error. i don't think it's the files i am getting anymore. but i have tried burning with two different programs and they both stop at 52%. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
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Seems like something is up with your optical drive, maybe Leopard just doesn't like it or the chipset controlling it. Now is it just getting stuck when you try verifying the disk or does it error out if you skip the disk check and try to install anyways? Also, do you have another machine available that you could try these disks on? If they verify on another machine, then maybe a USB DVD drive would work... Yet another option, although it's a little more involved, you could always put the iso on a partition or usb drive ( if it allows booting from usb, of course ) and boot it from there instead of the optical drive. |
if i skip the disk check it loads some and then hangs and eventiually gives me the dirty dick error anyway.
well i do have my girlfriend's computer but i'm not sure how thrilled she would be if i asked her if i could install stuff on it. i might be able to try though, thanks for the tip. also, i have heard of people using the method where they put the OS X installation on an iPod or similar device with about 8GB of room and installing from there. as of right now i have no idea if my machine supports that but i will try it out as soon as i can. i tihnk iPC is small enough to fit on my 4GB flash drive. is there any specific way i should go about putting the image on there? |
just spent an entire day trying to get a cracked version of Nero 9 working so i could try using that to burn the image and it still hangs at 52% during the pre-installation disk check and gives me a dirty disk error. i guess my drive wasn't made for doing these kinds of things.
next step it to try and format my 4GB memory stick and try to mount the image to it. |
and my memory stick is too small for the operation that i need it for so not i will be accepting any and all alternative methods to the installation. HELP!
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