Boot MaxOSX from USB key

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    MadgeT

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    I would love to impress my friends with my new AO (D250) ... by showing a succesful boot in Mac OSX from a USB key
    Is this possible? Does anywone know where I can find a manual?

    Cheers

    Madge

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    PS: I wouldn't mind if fe Wifi wouldn't work or anything, I already have a USB key that succesfully boots Ubuntu! Impressive!!
     
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    exact same way as booting from hdd. And if you cant find a guide to install to HDD then you dont deserve to boot mac os x from a usb stick.
     
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    I just found and downloaded two guides (clear and helpfull), so I guess I deserve to boot with osX :lol:

    One (very) important question (plse don't laugh), but re formatting the USB key, I really can't find any information
    regarding the different formatting options and which one I should use with/for my AO.
    And which version should I use? I read there are 3 different hackintoshes available.
    Cheers,

    Madge
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    kromakey

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    Hi , this is not a Acer One , but it shows it can be done

    running Snow Leopard from USB

    http://konteudos.info/?p=2100

    just clone your working install to a USB , install chameleon , and that it ;)
     
    kromakey, Sep 28, 2009
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    hey guys .... i cant boot iatkos v7 from my 16gb usbpen it just hangs on up after i select the usbpen form the aao boot menu

    i have created a iatkosv7 usbpen with disc utility on another pc already running iatkos

    ive formated the pen with "disc utility" with mbr option and selected hfs journaled partition option
    then ive inserted the iatkos dvd
    made restore
    and dragged the dvd to the source area
    and dragged the pen's partiton to the target area
    it finnishes and it shows the usbpen as a osx instalation
    all good

    now put the pen on my AAO and select it form the boot selection menu , hit enter
    and it does nothing , i supose that the system does recognize the pen but it doesnt recognizes the boot.ini or whatever boot system the pen has on it ... if she has...

    what can do now?
     
    Guest, Oct 4, 2009
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    make it bootable... use efi.
     
    PhAndrew, Oct 4, 2009
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    hmmm ... thanks ill give it a try
     
    Guest, Oct 8, 2009
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