That would be much appreciated

to remove xcode from the dvd:

1. Open Disk Utility
2. Hit File, then choose to open the leopard image
3. the leopard image should be attatched. go in to the files and delete xcode.

i dont know if the changes will save into the dmg, but im pretty sure this will work.

hm, no, it doesn't work fpr me. the dmg / mounted dmg is read-only file-system.

there is a way to mount a DMG read/write i beleive, from the terminal

mount -u rw or something

Anybody know of a way to resize the Tiger/Windows partition without iPartition? diskutil resizeVolume doesn't work for me either..

Please do! That would be highly appreciated!

Well, i archieved to make the image read/write but now there is free space (1.6 gb) on the image - how do i get rid of that? i want to resize the DMG so that it is about 4 gb.

thx

can someone help me with installation on a rev A g5 imac? i dont have an external FW drive, other than a 4gb mini. how can i cut xcode out, and still get it to work?

OK, I have tried 3 times now to do this. I have a G4 iMac, and a 20GB iPod with Firewire connections. I erased the iPod with disc utility, use carbon copy cloner to copy the disc image onto the iPod, went to system preferences and choose the iPod to start off of, and all I get is the Apple Logo. If I restart the computer holding down the option key, I get the do not enter sign (zero with a line through it) any help is appreciated!
thanks

Here is my method of install, it works good on my iBook G4 but since I was semi-clueless as I did it, you could end up wasting some disk space.

What you will need is 1.) the leopard disk image 2.) your tiger install disks .3) time.

First you need to partition your startup disk, since you cant do this you need to put in your install disk and go to utilities > disk utility. i partitioned my disk off in 2 which was a mistake, so i advise 3 if you want to boot into tiger. make 1 that is 5.05 GB, just enough to fit the dmg contents (i named it install), then make your tiger and leopard partitions whatever size you want with the space you have left.

Now you need to install Tiger, so install it on yout Tiger partition. then we need to mount the disk image and go to disk utility. select the install partition and go to restore. restore the leopard disk image on to the install partition. when it is done, boot into the install partition and install it on your leopard partition. it worked fine for me, everything is great. if you can find out how to erase the contents of the install partition you could use it for timemachine.

-mvv

well i have a powerbook g4, and i used my usb enclosure for my hard drive, except i hooked up my dual layer burner and burned the image, worked fine...now im going to carbon copy my existing (internal) mac hard drive over to my (now i took the burner off and hooked up a 300 gig drive) usb drive...then im going to try installing it onto the internal hard drive...keep ya all updated

i still havent figured out how to remove xcode so i can burn to a SL DVD. even though ive read about several people who managed to remove xcode.


so if someone could explain that in simple terms that would've been greatly appreciated.

i'm in the same boat i burned the DL dvd and i get no entry sign. now i'm gonna try and remove xcode and do a single dvd, how do i remove xcode, as the dmg is read only

it looks as if it works just usind disk utility and choosing convert, and converting the image to a read / write image, and then just remove xcode..

that won't do because the size is still the same!

How To:
get CarbonCopyCloner (CCC)

1.) create a new dmg-Image with Disk Utility (DVD-size, writable)
2.) Open the Leopard-Dmg with CCC and choose the new empty image created with Disk Utility as Aim.
3.) remove XCode-Folder
4.) click clone.

=> you'll get a new DVD-sized image.

don't forget to enable "bootable" in CCC-Prefs.

enjoy

I have a few questions:

1) I'm using Transmission, and my torrent is downloading to a folder on my desktop. How do I get it to become a .dmg?

2) Could somebody make a guide on how to install the preview with an obviously single-layer drive 1.83Ghz MBP?

3) If I use Boot Camp to partition, can I keep my 10.4 and XP partitions intact while creating a third partition for 10.5?

4) If I use Boot Camp to partition, how should I go about formatting the partition to HFS+? Should I use my Tiger reinstall disk that came with the MBP?

Thanks for all your help, and I'm sorry if these questions have already been answered, but I didn't particularly find them in this thread...

Thanks again!

Well, the file you're downloading is probably a .rar, so you'll just open it up and then you'll get the dmg. The single dvd thing is right above your post, I don't know much more than that

this is weird, i made a partition with boot camp, formatted it to HFS Journaled with my OSX discs ( rebooted)

and then followed your CCC guide, which seemed to work until i got to the part where i select which drive / partition i want to install leopard on... it only showed my tiger partition, and the ccc clone image was on leopard which was the only partition i could select ( obviously, the partition i made for testing 10.5 )

so now im not sure what to do..


i couldnt burn the image to a DVD cause i only had one dvd left and i got a weird error saying it could not calibrate the laser to burn this disc.. ah well ill just buy some dvds tomorrow and burn it.


EDIT


Hey Wait! i think i did it ! i remembered there was a way to install without rebooting, just start OSInstall.mkpg from the dvd. now im installing it on the right partition =D

Ok, here's how to attach a dmg file as readwrite. Type this in terminal as a super user.

hdiutil attach -readwrite image.dmg

i'm pretty sure it will work though I don't have the Leopard preview yet. Once you have it mounted, you can change it. Then when you unmount it, it should be updated.

Good luck,

Paul

thanks =D


btw now i have another weird graphical bug, the graphics only appear in the lower left corner so i cant get past the welcome procedure...

does anyone know something i can do to fix this ?

I got the CD ready and everything, and it's all good. So, I plugged in an extra old laptop drive of mine, and it says it can use it to boot up. I was wondering if anybody knew how to fix this, thanks

edit*- looked at the info about it, and at Bootable it says "Yes", so I don't understand

Hey I have a MBP 17" and have windows on it. I also have A 300GB extren HD CAn i partion That and run Leopard on The extern HD how do i Partion The exteranl HD thanks

I think you should be able to do that by just using Disk Utility

If i use disk utility will that erase my stuff on my drive or just create and extra partion b/c i have stuff on my drive taht cant be erased Thanks

Meh! How do I do this?

Okay here's what I've tried so far:

1. Mounting the .dmg file, but it just booted to Tiger on the restart.
2. Restoring a partition of a Firewire HD with the dmg so that it has the installation disk, but it doesn't let you open the install file.

How did you guys who are on Leopard open the Install app?

Ok, I got the dmg using unrarx, and tried transferring it to my firewire HD. It gets to the end of transferring, then an error comes up. I want to burn it to a DL disk, and not run it off an external HD. I transferred it to the external so I can put it on my PC that has a DL burner. Any suggestions?

this is the error I got trying to do thes

xxx-computer:~ root# hdiutil attach -readwrite /Volumes/Leopard/mac.os.x.install.dvd.dmg
hdiutil: attach failed - Operation not permitted
xxx-computer:~ root#

but I know this has worked for other images

Hey all, I did the following:

Intel iMac.

1. Mount image, insert iPod Firewire.

2. Parition iPod . GUID partition scheme, one 5.1 gig partition, one for the rest.

3. Restore image to the 5.1 gig partition.

4. Boot from the restored partition, install on second partition.

Now, you have a LeoPod .

To partition existing data intact, use iPartition or similar tools. These aren't free, though, and that GUID scheme isn't on by default either. So, I think formatting is not a choice... but a must.

I Had an idea but so far cant impliment it

-open a 10.4.6 install disk image as hdiutil mount -readwrite {image.dmg}

delete all files except mac kernal and maxuss

then drag and drop all files from the 10.5 disk (except mach_kernal)

this has not work as of yet due to

some files are set as invisable and cannot be copied

the destination disk still only has 1GB avaliable (even though all files are deleted)

The reason I though about this approach is that then I can keep my boot partition from the 10.4.6 disk which we know can boot on an iHack as well as reducing the image size to a S/L DVD so hopefully us iHack users can atleast boot from an install DVD (in my case I will be experimenting with a DVD RW

Anyone know how to resize my now almost empty 10.4.6 DVD to handle these files as well as copying invisable files over?

kiwi, I don't think it will work as Leopard does run on Darwin 9. Also, you need to include hidden files, permissions, etc. The Beta is horribly buggy as it is. A hack is unlikely.

Ok, for anyone curious.

This is how I installed it without burning a DL DVD:

1. Transferred the DMG file to my desktop of my mac mini
2. Open Disk Utilities and formatted my external HD with the default settings (not necessary, only if you have stuff on there you don't want)
3. Selected recover
4. Dragged the DMG file (not mounted, this is important) on the Source place
5. Dragged my External HD onto the Destination
6. Then I clicked Restore
7. After it was complete I rebooted, held down the Menu button on my little remote (or hold down the option key) and selected the External HD
8. Install started...and the rest is easy.

Hopefully this is useful for someone.

couldn't you just make a partition for leopard, run the "install.pkg" from pacifist and install it to your new partition, no restart required.

would that work?

It will be very useful to me, thank you.

Did you partition your comp before you installed, and if so, how did you go about doing it? If not, did you back up your installation (I think the installer lets you do so via Time Machine) and how did you go about doing that?

@asherman13

Yeah sorry, I forgot to include that part.

I partitioned my hard drive (the 80GB that came with my mini) using Boot Camp.

1. Download Boot Camp
2. Start Boot Camp
3. Select don't create driver cd (I forget the exact wording)
4. Then use the partitioner to create whatever you want, I did 10GB
5. Let it do it's thing
6. Follow my previous instructions...

7. Transferred the DMG file to my desktop of my mac mini
8. Open Disk Utilities and formatted my external HD with the default settings (not necessary, only if you have stuff on there you don't want)
9. Selected Recover
10. Dragged the DMG file (not mounted, this is important) on the Source field
11. Dragged my External HD onto the Destination field
12. Then I clicked Restore
13. After it was complete (it will take a few minutes) I rebooted, held down the Menu button on my little remote (or hold down the option key) and selected the External HD
14. Install started...and the rest is easy.




I don't think it would work ...though it might. I was told by others it wouldn't so I didn't even try, try it out and let us know.

After you do this, does it get rid of everything on the external HD? Also, does this run Leopard off the HD? I dont want it to run off the HD because it is so much slower.

it should also be mentioned that formatting the boot camp partition to HFS+ is needed, check my install guide for more detail  = )

will do

Maybe SOMEONE can help me. I did exactly as instucted above. It starts to move it to the external, and this is what pops up. I should not that I was not sure how to format it, so I did not. I also have alot of info on there, so I didnt want to in the first place.

i would try to move the dmg or re-extract it 

What do you mean by "move" the dmg. It seems like it is starting to moves files over to the external becuase the files "applications" and "bin" show up.

it will not be running off the external HD what your doing in essence is creating an installation DVD but using the HD instead of the DVD. Leopard will install on another partition/HD




move the dmg itself to a different folder on the machine and try to restore again

Ok, I moved the dmg file to the documents folder, and tried it again. Here is what comes up

I am extracting it again. All I did was use unrarx, open up the .rar file, and click extract

@itsadeal

I know you're not going to want to hear this, but if I had to guess I'd say you have a bad download. Did it give you any CRC errors when you unrar'd it?

Also, as mentioned above, you're not going to be running it off your External HD permanently...you're essentially turning your External HD into a temporary install DVD ... so you don't have to burn the DL DVD otherwise. You can delete the stuff off the External HD afterwards. Also, I think it will wipe the contents of the External HD when you restore the DMG to it, though I could be wrong...so don't quote me on that.

@djkinetic

I didn't specically format it any special way. I created/changed the size of the partition with Boot Camp and that was it...I didn't pick specifically pick HFS+.

i just looked at your previous screenshot and noticed that your partition scheme says master boot record. that needs to be changed. Master boot record is DOS/Windows based. You need to choose the external volume hit partition and hit options and choose the correct partition scheme, either GUID for intel based macs or the other one which I forget is for PPC mac/Mac storage in general. after that try to restore the image.






may not have been necessary for some but it was for me, without me changing the filesystem i was unable to mount the partition im just posting what i know works 100 % just to avoid confusion and problems/questions = P

Ok, I am backing up everything on my external, and then going to reformat. I REALLY hope I dont have to redownload. I had my macbook running for 55 hours straight.

No need to redownload just change the partition scheme to a mac native one, make sure you choose the right one either GUID for intel based mac or the other for any other Mac, just dont choose MBR master boot record.

Just out of curiosity, are you guys going to be uninstalling tiger? If it is stable, I guess I will be getting rid of it. If I want to do that, how would I?

I restored my partition of the HD I'm using (Mac OS X Extended format) and then rebooted holding option down, but it only came up with my Tiger HD. But in the Startup Disk pref pane, it comes up as "10.5 on Leopard Install HD". When I click that and hit restart, it restarts, then comes up with the OS-9-esque folder and question mark, then boots onto the Tiger HD. Anyone know why? I redecompressed the rar and am currently restoring the HD with the new one, to see if that changes it.

i wrote over my Tiger install, and only have Leopard on the system. as for your setup where did you want leopard installed. if you restore the image to the external drive you cant install Leopard on that drive. Unless you partition it into two. You could try an archive and install on the Main HD partition, but im not sure if you'd be able to boot into tiger still i never tried it.

mods-sorry for double post




I definitely wouldn't do it, because it's a beta and won't be stable. But if for some weird reason you wanted to, just choose the Tiger HD in the installation for the target HD