Jul 06
The previous tutorial was for Windows users, now let’s see how it works on a mac.
Tutorial is in the extended post.
Apr 01
In january, I wrote a post on MacFuse/writing NTFS partitions from OS X.
I promised to post a tutorial, so here it is:
So you have installed Windows/Vista via Bootcamp or any other method.
And now you want to write files from your OS X install to your Vista/Windows partition.
First you need to download and install those two softwares:
MacFUSE Tools: 0.2.2-r1
NTFS-3G: 1.328
Next unmount the ntfs partition with Diskutil.
Click the info button to get the disk identifier: disk0s3 for instance
Open Terminal and execute the following commands:
sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/mount_fusefs /usr/bin/mount_fusefs
mkdir /Volumes/Vista
sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk0s2 /Volumes/
Apr 01
Where the f… is the AltGr key? Ah ok, just press ctrl + alt keys.
Parallels keyboard mappings are much better than Bootcamp IMHO.
It would be great if we could customize those keyboard’s mappings.
Apple do you hear my call?
Mar 31
Thank you semthex for posting this:
- copy OS.dmg from the recovery parition of your AppleTV
- use diskutil to mirror it to any parition you like (prefered disk0s3)
- replace boot.efi in /System/Libary/Coreservices/ with the one from your OSX install
- put any 4.8 or 4.9 mach_kernel into / of the drive
- copy over your Extensions from your OSX to AppleTV OS (/System/Libary/Extensions)
- replace Finder with the Finder with patches
- bless boot.efi
More here
Feb 10
Sherry Haibara has found a way to boot physical Windows partitions in Parallels,
running inside a MacOS X86 install! Congrats! Here is the tutorial:
Get the latest Parallels beta here
Open Parallels and choose to create a new virtual machine.
It’ll ask you what HD do you want to use. Choose Boot Camp.
Continue the setup, but do not run the Virtual Machine.
When finished, close Parallels.
Use a Text Editor to edit your virtual machine configuration file (*.pvs).
Find the line that says:
“Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp” and replace it with this
“Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;diskxsy”
where diskxsy is your Windows/Linux/Other OS “Boot Camp” disk.
disk0s1 is valid for instance.
Save and exit.
Start up Parallels and launch the Virtual Machine. Enjoy!
source: InsanelyMac
Jan 16
This one is for multi OS addicts like me.
I have a triple boot with 2 versions of OS X86 and Windows XP.
So how do I exchange files between OS X86 and Windows systems?
Under Windows XP, I use MacDrive to read/write HFS+ partitions.
But under OS X86, I must use a FAT32 partition to write data on a windows partition.
NTFS is not supported in writing mode.
I really want to get rid of that FAT32 partition and avoid the max 4 gigs file size limitation.
So here is the solution, use MACFuse to write to NTFS file system.
Dec 07
Have you ever dreamed about carrying in your pocket,
your favorite OSx86 install. And boot it everywhere.
When dreams come true…
Before you start
You will need the following stuff:
- USB pendrive (min. 2 GB required)
- JaS Mac OS X 10.4.x or 10.4.7 Retail DVD
- Pacifist software (www.charlessoft.com)
Format the pendrive
Plugin your USB pendrive and open Disk Utility (Applications->Utilities).
Select your pendrive device in the left menu, and click the partition tab.
Enter a nice name for your device like osx86.
Hit Options… button, and choose Master Boot Record.
From the drop-down, choose 1 partition as the volume scheme.
Be sure the filesystem is Mac OS Extended (Journaled),
Hit the Partition button.
Next, we need to enable Owners, open a Terminal and type:
sudo /usr/sbin/vsdbutil -a /Volumes/osx86
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