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Hagar

May 16 2009, 12:40 PM

To install retail OS X on MBR:
You will need:

preboot/bootable os x install media
a patched osinstall.mpkg somewhere accessible

Once past language selection, launch Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and format and name (I'll call it TestDrive) your partition, close Disk Utility.
open terminal (it may be a good idea to open a new tab so you have one spare), and copy the installation files to your new partition with:

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cp -R /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Installation/Packages /Volumes/TestDrive

then copy the patched osinstall.mpkg to the Packages folder with:

CODE

cp -R /Volumes/SomeWhere/OSInstall.mpkg /Volumes/TestDrive/Packages

then start a new installer with:

CODE

/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer

And browse to /Volumes/TestDrive/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg

alternatively:

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/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer /Volumes/TestDrive/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg

does it all in one.

The install should run as usual.

modbin

May 18 2009, 02:56 PM

another way to install from the dvd directly without copying all of the pkgs:

guide

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