Comments on: HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/ by Brad Bergeron Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:37:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Bootcamp error - segmented hard drive - Mac-Forums.com http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1957 Bootcamp error - segmented hard drive - Mac-Forums.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:37:41 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1957 [...] try this and read the comments too:HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | OS X Tips [...] [...] try this and read the comments too:HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | OS X Tips [...]

]]> By: arnorking http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1954 arnorking Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:56:44 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1954 hello, trying this on ibook g4 12" 1ghz, but will not boot from my 8gb sandisk, but tried to boot on imac g3 600mhz just to see and it worked(of course). anybody get this to work on ibook g4 12" 1ghz? any help is welcome. thanks! (all)macs rule! hello, trying this on ibook g4 12″ 1ghz, but will not boot from my 8gb sandisk, but tried to boot on imac g3 600mhz just to see and it worked(of course). anybody get this to work on ibook g4 12″ 1ghz? any help is welcome. thanks! (all)macs rule!

]]> By: sprale http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1951 sprale Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:42:33 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1951 I just loaded Tiger onto an APM 1Gb disk for the PPC Macs I use. I tried using this same tutorial for Intel Macs on a GUID disk unsuccessfully. I'll come back to that soon enough, maybe using Snow Leopard and a bigger thumb drive. Terminal log: pem297748matx:~ sprale$ sudo bless -verbose -folder "/Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices" -bootinfo OpenFirmware found at IODeviceTree:/openprom OpenFirmware model is " OpenFirmware 4" Mount point for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices is /Volumes/iTote Common mount point of '/Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices' and '' is /Volumes/iTote Opened dest at /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX for writing 0x0002B000 bytes preallocated for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX Type/creator set to tbxi/chrp for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX Setting UF_IMMUTABLE on /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX BootX created successfully at /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX No boot.efi creation requested Got directory ID of 10540 for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices finderinfo[0] = 10540 finderinfo[1] = 0 finderinfo[2] = 0 finderinfo[3] = 0 finderinfo[5] = 10540 pem297748matx:~ sprale$ I just loaded Tiger onto an APM 1Gb disk for the PPC Macs I use. I tried using this same tutorial for Intel Macs on a GUID disk unsuccessfully. I’ll come back to that soon enough, maybe using Snow Leopard and a bigger thumb drive.

Terminal log:
pem297748matx:~ sprale$ sudo bless -verbose -folder “/Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices” -bootinfo
OpenFirmware found at IODeviceTree:/openprom
OpenFirmware model is ” OpenFirmware 4″
Mount point for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices is /Volumes/iTote
Common mount point of ‘/Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices’ and ” is /Volumes/iTote
Opened dest at /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX for writing
0×0002B000 bytes preallocated for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX

Type/creator set to tbxi/chrp for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX
Setting UF_IMMUTABLE on /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX
BootX created successfully at /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices/BootX
No boot.efi creation requested
Got directory ID of 10540 for /Volumes/iTote/System/Library/CoreServices
finderinfo[0] = 10540
finderinfo[1] = 0
finderinfo[2] = 0
finderinfo[3] = 0
finderinfo[5] = 10540
pem297748matx:~ sprale$

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1945 Andrew Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:32:23 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1945 Ok, I successfully booted my 1.67 GHz G4 powerbook 15", the one that will not boot correctly using the above method. Allow me to elaborate on what I did: After installing OS X as described above, I determined the BSD name for my partition (i.e. disk0s10). I entered Open Firmware with Option-Command-O-F, then determined that my usb stick was plugged into usb0, as "devalias" calls it. So at a prompt I typed boot usb0/disk:10,\\:tbxi where usb0 is the usb port I'm connected to (I guess), and disk:10 refers to the partition number as I determined in Disk Utility. I was then booting into OS X! It took forever though. And I have to enter Open Firmware if I want to boot from the USB drive, as I can't figure a way to automate the task. No big deal given how long the bootup takes anyway. To give credit where credit is due, I based my solution off of the information I found at this link: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org/msg03715.html Ok, I successfully booted my 1.67 GHz G4 powerbook 15″, the one that will not boot correctly using the above method. Allow me to elaborate on what I did:

After installing OS X as described above, I determined the BSD name for my partition (i.e. disk0s10). I entered Open Firmware with Option-Command-O-F, then determined that my usb stick was plugged into usb0, as “devalias” calls it. So at a prompt I typed

boot usb0/disk:10,\\:tbxi

where usb0 is the usb port I’m connected to (I guess), and disk:10 refers to the partition number as I determined in Disk Utility. I was then booting into OS X! It took forever though. And I have to enter Open Firmware if I want to boot from the USB drive, as I can’t figure a way to automate the task. No big deal given how long the bootup takes anyway.

To give credit where credit is due, I based my solution off of the information I found at this link:

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org/msg03715.html

]]> By: Florent http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1943 Florent Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:40:56 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1943 Hi George Behrman, I had the same problem that you, and searching on the web I found this command that worked for me : bless --folder "/Volumes/yourdisk/System/Library/CoreServices" --bootinfo --bootefi I'm on 10.5.7 Thank you for this amazing tutorial :-) It was a fun experience ^^ Hi George Behrman,

I had the same problem that you, and searching on the web I found this command that worked for me :
bless –folder “/Volumes/yourdisk/System/Library/CoreServices” –bootinfo –bootefi
I’m on 10.5.7

Thank you for this amazing tutorial :-) It was a fun experience ^^

]]> By: OS X On memory stick ? http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1940 OS X On memory stick ? Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:23:39 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1940 [...] through MacAdmin, and yes Shane ... you know the people I am talking about! something like this HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | OS X Tips but for 10.5 and 10.4 just so I don't have to try and remember where things are etc so I can [...] [...] through MacAdmin, and yes Shane … you know the people I am talking about! something like this HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | OS X Tips but for 10.5 and 10.4 just so I don't have to try and remember where things are etc so I can [...]

]]> By: sam81452667 http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1939 sam81452667 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:19:42 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1939 hi, thank you very much for the advice - I used it to set up my ibook, after my HD died on me, and since the optical drive is dead for quite some time, your instruction was the only solution aviable... thanks to that I got disk utility running again and right now I'm installing the disk image to the hard drive via usb, since pacifist left out some files.... @George Behrman: I had the same problem, try: sudo bless --folder /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/ -–bootinfo /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/bootx.bootinfo -–bootefi /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi --setBoot --verbose hi, thank you very much for the advice – I used it to set up my ibook, after my HD died on me, and since the optical drive is dead for quite some time, your instruction was the only solution aviable…
thanks to that I got disk utility running again and right now I’m installing the disk image to the hard drive via usb, since pacifist left out some files….

@George Behrman: I had the same problem, try:

sudo bless –folder /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/ -–bootinfo /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/bootx.bootinfo
-–bootefi /Volumes/macOSX2/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
–setBoot –verbose

]]> By: Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | Think of Mac http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1938 Install and Boot OS X 10.4 On a Flash Drive | Think of Mac Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:14:33 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1938 [...] Full Story: blog.bradbergeron.com [...] [...] Full Story: blog.bradbergeron.com [...]

]]> By: pk http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1936 pk Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:42:11 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1936 I now have an image that boots Intel and PPC macs from a single volumes on a firewire drive which is formatted APM. It's a wonderful tool. I just wonder how it would be possible to get the size down as it's 10GB. I think the image I have came from Apple . . . I now have an image that boots Intel and PPC macs from a single volumes on a firewire drive which is formatted APM. It’s a wonderful tool. I just wonder how it would be possible to get the size down as it’s 10GB. I think the image I have came from Apple . . .

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/comment-page-3/#comment-1935 Thomas Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:27:28 +0000 http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/#comment-1935 Yay! I was able to boot my 2GB USB, using Mac OS X Tiger, on my PowerPC G4 iMac. I didn't even need to enable USB booting in the Open Firmware. I only needed to install BaseSystem.pkg, enable ownership permissions, bless the USB and enable USB booting through the terminal, not Open Firmware. In spite of being presented with a -1 error in the terminal and not being able to configure the Startup Disk in System Preferences, I was still able to boot from the USB by holding down the option key at Startup. After what seemed like forever, I was presented with a welcome message and a registration form. I completed that and waited... Finally, the desktop and the dock appeared. Wow! Yay! I was able to boot my 2GB USB, using Mac OS X Tiger, on my PowerPC G4 iMac. I didn’t even need to enable USB booting in the Open Firmware. I only needed to install BaseSystem.pkg, enable ownership permissions, bless the USB and enable USB booting through the terminal, not Open Firmware. In spite of being presented with a -1 error in the terminal and not being able to configure the Startup Disk in System Preferences, I was still able to boot from the USB by holding down the option key at Startup. After what seemed like forever, I was presented with a welcome message and a registration form. I completed that and waited… Finally, the desktop and the dock appeared. Wow!

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