Note: If you have trouble using the Leopard HD Install helper, look up Link 2 and Link 3 for help in troubleshooting. Step 4: Use Leopard HD Install helper dump your 10.5.6 ISO to Install Partition. Step 3: Use Leopard HD Install helper dump miniboot.iso to Destination Partition. We call this partition the Destination Partition Step 2: Create a PRIMARY partition for leopard install. <- We call this partition the Install Partition I recommend using EASEUS Partition Manager, which is free and works well. Step 1: Format a PRIMARY FAT32 partition. – Leopard_hd_install_helper_v0.3.zip (download from Link 4. After searching around for information about how to work around that, I found a tool called Leopard HD install helper that could dump the disc image onto a separate file partition and make it bootable. I was not willing to spend close to a hundred bucks to buy the DVD drive when I will probably only use it once. The biggest issue I had with installing OS X was simply that I did not have an external DVD drive to boot the install disc from. If you are going to use OS X on your 1000H, at least buy a OS X license from Apple to support them.Īll the steps are gathered from the following pages: The information here is for educational purposes only. Use it at your own risk! Note that you are breaking the OS X EULA by installing OS X on non-Apple hardware, therefore, I do not recommend you do so. Also, I make no guarantees on the information listed here. I am simply gathering the information into one location. I take no credit for any of the steps listed below.

For future reference and also to help others who might be facing the same problems, I’ve decided to write down the steps I followed to get it done. So after many long nights of attempting to install OS X on my eeePC 1000H, I finally managed to install it 2 weeks ago. Installing OS X Leopard on 1000H without USB stick or DVD drive

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