Troubles with starting MacOS X

[Dan Brunet]

on 7/9/02 7:06 AM, samuel@ibrium.se at samuel@ibrium.se wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 06:37:16AM +1000, Dan Brunet wrote:
>> Ok, is it possible to install OSX on a MOL setup or must the installation
>> process be performed in a non-virtual environment? I'm trying a completely
>> 'soft' MOL setup but fail to boot from an ISO of the 10.2 install disc.
>> 
>> The CD drive is 'out of service' on the Linux box so I can't attempt to boot
>> MOL directly from the Jaguar Install CD.
> 
> At the moment, there is no support for booting MacOS X from "entire" devices
> (like /dev/cdrom or iso images). The volume(s) will show up in MacOS X
> but the bootloader does not know how to handle the partition table so
> you can't boot from them yet.
> 
> As for running the installer, I don't think it works at the moment.
> I've tried it (once) and there was a complaint which basically
> said you had to boot from the CD. Hopefully it will be possible
> to install from the CD once CD-booting is working. No guarantees
> though. There might very well be a check that prevents the installer
> from working on non-Apple hardware (MOL would probably fall into
> this category).
> 

Ok thanks for the reply.. I'll try a different method.

Installing OSX onto a 2GB partition on a newworld Mac, imaging the partition
and the transferring that image file to the Linux machine.. Should work.. in
theory.

Cheers,
Dan