I still cannot install OS X.

[J. Blank]

I fixed the problem. Solution, a.k.a. HOW TO INSTALL OS X ON A PARTITION
(NOT A WHOLE DISK) OR A DISK IMAGE USING MOL: (fellow strugglers, take
note! ;) I'm sure SOMEONE else is struggling with this issue...)

1) Make sure there is no existing partition table (e.g. created by the
b0rked-up Disk Tool from OS X) on the disk image or the partition. I
simply re-created the disk image (since nothing was on it anyhow) using dd
(dd if=/dev/zero of=macosx.img bs=1048576 count=1536). As for the
partition, cat /dev/zero > /dev/hdf4 did the trick. This will, of course,
pretty much h0ze the data on that partition, so please don't sue me if you
fail to realize this. ;)

2) Create a nice fresh partition table. I used mac-fdisk (I use Debian). I
ran "fdisk /dev/hdf4"-- yes, I was CREATING A PARTITON TABLE **IN** A
PARTITION. It works fine. I typed "i" to initialize the partition table,
then I typed "p" to print the new table. I noted that the free space
started at block 64. I then typed "b" to create a Boot partition; I set it
to start at block 64. I then typed "p" again to get the Base and Length
of the free space available for my new partition-within-a-partition. I
then typed "C" to create a partition, specifying the partition type
(lowercase "c" will make a partition that is Apple_Unix_SVR4 or whatever
only. 'C' lets you specify type.).

I repeated the same procedure for the disk image. Now I can install into
either!

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, J. Blank wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Karosa Alabaster wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm currently waiting for my pegasos system but :) I'm a little familiar
> > with linux partitioning.. Isn't there something like a BOOTABLE FLAG (linux)
> > or ACTIVE FLAG (windows) in the partition manager? I don't know about the
>
> Nope.
>
> > image file, but IMHO a partition needs to be set bootable... I had problems
> > like this, with linux..
>
> Noop. Not on a Mac. Not with Mac-style partition tables.
>
> > Or perhaps a OSX needs a primary partition (don't know if theres something
> > like that  :) I'm a little dos based at the moment. But I think you'll find
> > the anwser in cfdisk, or disk druid :)
> >
>
> Noop. Both of those tools are for PeeSee-style partition tables. Though
> thanks for the suggestion. ;)
>
> > Good luck..
> > --
> > Viktor alias Karosa Alabaster..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J. Blank" <jb@twu.net>
> > To: <mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:52 PM
> > Subject: I still cannot install OS X.
> >
> >
> > > Please see http://jb.twu.net/oops2.jpg
> > >
> > > The two drives you see, both of which yield the error message shown (see
> > > the red error markings), correspond to:
> > >
> > >     blkdev:     /dev/hdf4       -rw -force
> > >     blkdev:     /home/jb/mol/macosx.img -rw -force
> > >
> > > /dev/hdf4 is a 6.2GB partition (Arwen_Data), and /home/jb/mol/macosx.img
> > > is a 1.5GB file (Arwen).
> > >
> > > I am being told that I cannot install on either...
> > >
> > > Help!
> > >
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