eViLrAcEr's Garage

[SIZE=3][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Try 1: [COLOR=Red]FAILED[/COLOR]
[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]Details of this try:[spoiler][SIZE=3][COLOR=Silver][U][B][SIZE=2]Scenario:[/SIZE][/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]
Downloaded Mac OSX 10.6.3 retail DVD (~7GB)

[SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Needed:[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]
1x DVD-R DL (today is Sunday, can't get it from anywhere)

[SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Googled:[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]
How to boot from an ISO on HDD.

[SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Found:[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]
openSUSE install instructions lead to discovery of UNetbootin, a utility that MIGHT make adjustments to BCDEdit to boot an ISO on HDD.

[SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Current Progress:[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]
UNetbootin is extracting files from the DMG-converter-to-ISO image to a folder on C Drive after which it will modify BCDEdit to give an option called "UNetbootin" on startup.

Restarting the PC in some moments. Stay Tuned.

[COLOR=Red]FAILED: [/COLOR]UNetbootin could "find the file" (i.e kernel file...coz there isn't one)Waiting for tomorrow to buy a Dual Layer DVD-R. Out of other options, might try Grub4Dos again but it seems like a lost cause without a usb HDD[/spoiler]

[SIZE=3][COLOR=Silver][U][B]Try 2: [COLOR=Lime]SUCCESS!

[/COLOR][/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE]So I went and bought a 10 Double Layer DVD+R pack for $11.99 (cheap eh :D) and burned the DMG image of the Mac OS X install disk to it.

Booted with a burned iBoot (nVidia) DVD and replaced the disc with the OS X Install disc I burnt. Selected the [B]OS X Install disc[/B] option and was greeted with this screen.

Hi-res:
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[LEFT]Now, I opened the Dusk Utility on it and formatted a primary partition on my 2nd hard drive (that I had made when I installed that drive) to [B]Mac OS Extended (Journaled) [/B]and named that drive "OSX". Then i proceeded with the installation:

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Customized the installation to exclude all the useless languages that I will never use, then proceeded.

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Right...failed my ass. Upon restart: Booted from iBoot CD and selected the new OS option:

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Again, the agonising circle of wait

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Intro video, just "welcome in every language except Urdu"

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WTF is an Apple ID? Entered nothing, just continued

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:lol: Never have, never will

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Yup and that was it.

Doesn't change the fact that it didn't detect any of my network devices (Ethernet or Wifi) so I can't use it until this guy who's porting the driver from FreeBSD finishes it...maybe end of Summer.