Rathalos has come up with this ingenious way to squeeze the original 6.55 GiB Leopard .dmg into a single layer DVD. I got this over at InsanelyMac forums.
Here’s a short and quick foolproof guide to making a SL-DVD leopard install disc for 9a559… And this method works across the board for all other builds also..
What you need
1. Original Leopard developers seed (.dmg) (6.55Gb)
2. One blank DVD 5
3. Mac OS X 10.4.X Tiger (This is important, as leopard can screw up disc burning)
4. 6.55Gb + 6.55Gb + 4.7Gb = 17.8Gb of hard disk space
Method
1. Mount the Original Leopard DMG (double click)
2. Open Disc Utility ( Applications -> Utilities)
3. Click on New Image
4. Name the image as dump (save on desktop)
5. Put the type as sparse image
6. Put the size as DL-DVD (8Gb), and click create
7. Mount dump.sparse
8. In disc utility, select the dump image and click the restore tab
9. Drag the mounted Mac OS X Install DVD to the Restore from field
10. Drag the mounted dump to the Restore to field (or equivalent)
11. Click Restore and wait.. (have some patience….)
12. Once that is done, open up the dump mounted image
13. Remove the Developers Tools under Optional Installs
14. Use finder’s Go to Folder option and navigate to /Volumes/dump/System
15. Go to Installation -> Packages
16. Proceed to remove anything that has Printer in it (u can always get from vendors)
17. Proceed to remove languages that you do not need (like french, german)
18. Verify in Disc Utility on the size of your dump (should be 4.3Gb or less)
19. Return to Disc Utility
20. Click on New Image
21. Name the image as burn (save on desktop!!)
22. Put the type as sparse image
23. Put the size as SL-DVD (4.7Gb), and click create DVD5
24. Select the burn image and click the restore tab
25. Drag the mounted dump to the Restore from field
26. Drag the mounted burn to the Restore to field (dont mix up!!!)
27. Click Restore and wait.. (have some patience… ZEN…)
28. Once its done, burn it to DVD (in Tiger, and not in leopard)
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@Sam
You have to drag it from the left menu bar inside the disc utility.
Hi thinkdj, I noticed you made an awesome post here, but I have some doubts that I still have. I was wondering if you could make a quick guide to install this OS in a PC (not Mac). Also… it’d awesome if you could include in the manual the appropriate answers to this questions:
1.- I’m running Windows Vista and I just can’t install a DMG file. What do I do?
2.- Should I burn the file as a DMG or should I convert it to ISO with PowerISO, and then burn the image to the DVD’s?
3.- What DVD Burner software would u recommend me? and…
4.- Since I don’t have a DoubleLayer DVD ROM, I want to split the OS Installer (6.7Gb) to 2 DVD5 (4.7Gb capacity)… How do I do it? What programs do I need? and would the installer work fine like this?
5.- I want to perform a Full Clean Installation process (whipping / formatting the whole HardDrive) and also want the DVD’s to run from the boot without the need of floppy or USB devices. How do I do it?
6.- I want also to install the latest Windows7 RC
7.- I also want to have the Windows 7 configure as my 2nd OS. HOw do I do it?
i followed the directions, had no problems, burned it in LEOPARD and all. when you guys burn the dvd, make sure you burn the dvd at 1x speed. that way there are no errors in it.
These instructions suck, they produce a non-booting DVD. Just delete them off here so people can stop wasting their fucking time with them.
To save you all the trouble of having to do all of this just look the tutorial on how to save the data to an iPod and make it bootable.
Does that sound to hard for you. Well you’ll be amazed that not only is it easier, but as well as shorter.
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Ok guys its seems that you should delete the Asianlanguagesupport.pkg. You know someone should put that as part of the tutorial. Now I have to find a way on how to rip the data off my DVD and then add Asianlanguagesupport.pkg which I already have on my OS X 10.4 disc and then reburn it.
Seriously guys. put a big warning.
DO NOT DELETE ASIANLANGUAGESUPPORT.PKG
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@Pat Biner- Why shouldn’t we delete the Asian language support. I already did and I already reformatted my HD.
Yeah I get the same error message, but I’m gonna try to do a costum install. I hope this works, or I’m either swtiching to Linux or OS X 10.4
Make sure you don’t delete the language file
“asianlanguagesupport”
is it possible to do this under windows xp? i dont have a working os x yet. ok i have one under vmware but the mouse stopped working after install, vmware simply cant lock it to the screen, and the pointer is just flickering when i’m moving the mouse.
It´s ok doing it with Panther 10.3.9 ?
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Yes Brian a clean install means re-formatting the drive and re-installing OSX. Answer to your question is yes you will lose everything on the drive unless you back it up.
How exactly do I do a clean install? I got the same error about not being able to find the data, because it wanted to upgrade the language files automatically and I couldn’t de-select them in the “custom setup” area.
So how do I do a clean install? And does that mean I lose all of my applications that I have installed? If that’s the case then I think I might just have to get a dual-layer DVD burner or just get the actual install DVD, because I don’t want to lose all of my data (even though I do have most of it backed up on an external drive, but still).
Ok. I been all over the web, and am still having problems installing leopard. PLEASE HELP!
I started of by downloading a 7.5gb leopard version and tried to burn to a dual layer disc. At this time I found out that I can’t burn on to dual layer discs. Next I stripped the dmg using the method that is listed at the top of the page. When I burned it to a DVD (using tiger Disk Utility) and booted, the disc just spun and spun, with that kind of skipping noise. It wasn’t completely consistent because every now and then it would make a good sound, but after 10 minutes of waiting, no good. Next I tried the post by jmhays, to no avail. Finally I downloaded a pre stripped dmg of leopard, burned it straight to a DVD. This time when I booted up using the disc, nothing happened. It didn’t show up when I booted with the option key down, and when I opened the dmg and opened ‘install leopard’ or whatever it’s called, I got a missing system when I rebooted, and then it went on to tiger. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! PLEASE, ANYONE, HELP!!
I have a PowerBook G4 with 1.33 GHz processor and 1.25 ddr sdram. I have no idea what the problem is, and I can’t find anyone with the same problems as me. Also, when I burned the discs, all three of them showed up working on the desktop, as well as ’startup disk’ in system prefs.
I have the same problem. I’m on a PowerBook G4. I bought Leopard 10.5.7 and want to back it up. But the problem is that no matter what I do, I just wind up wasting DVDs. I’m running a 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 w/ 2 GB DDR SDRAM.
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Hei guys, a question, in step 28. it`s told you to burn it “to” DVD, does it mean burn it like a video dvd or only drag the dump file into the emty dvd and klick burn?
I tried to do this and it did not restart from the DVD – what do I do? It kept on going to the normal boot up, even if selected the bootup from the DVD.
this works, but you have to do a clean install(the upgrade won’t work because the installer wants to upgrade the language files automatically)
You should try hitting Command+L to see the log when the installation fails, that way you can realize what’s the pack causing you trouble.
Try burning the image again, you could have a corrupt disc. Make sure you remove only printer drivers and languages, anything else could result in installation failing. Pani8 is onto something. I’m going to customize the installation. If you choose the default installation, it will try and install everything you removed.
When I tried install the disc and it had to go through the process of checking the disc, everytime it would come with a error that my disc was dirty and to check it. How can I go around this problem or what should i do?
i got the same error – Install Failed! MAC OSX could not …
solution
click custom. -> de-select all languages, fonts, X11
then the installation works
Same error, unchecked everything but required files, still Install Failed error shows up as soon as I click to proceed. I deleted languages and printer drivers, now partitions are formated and will need to restore my mac before trying something else
Anybody installed successfully by slimming dvd to a single layered one ?
Yeah guys having the same problem. Error with installation.
Install Failed!
Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer.
The Installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Seems to me some files maybe missing.
How can you make sure its not installing anything which isnt there?
I’ve tried two dmg files and the same thing happens
You can delete all the language Files you just need to make sure that the installer isnt trying to install anything that you de-selected.
If the installer is trying to install all the language files autmatically and they arent there……I’m sure there is something akin to a custom installation.
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I get the same error:
Install Failed
Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer.
The Installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
I think that this probably means that I have deleted too much stuff. Does anyone know what I can and cannot delete from the image??
I deletet developers tools, all printer drivers and all languages.
Help! This error comes :
Install Failed
Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer.
The Installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Click Restart to restart your computer and try installing again.
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The other guides give an large image. This one is the real deal.
Look for a program called Carbon Copy Cloner on google.
Open the image in the program and deselect
Xcode Tools
Under System/Installation/Packages you will need to deselect some Printer Drivers and some language files.
I only left the one I really use.
Use disk utility and create a new image, size 4.7GB (SL DVD) and use this image as the destination in Carbon. Otherwise you might end up with a big file (7GB) with only 4GB of data on which isn’t burnable on a SL DVD.
Remember to deselect the same files under the installations options or the install will fail.
IF YOU WANT ALL THE LANGUAGES FILES JUST INSTALL EACH PKG AFTER.
when i try and hit restore it says that i must authenticate, not to sure exactly how to do that. any help on this one?
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http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=65021 maybe this will help..
You cannot drag the image from the desktop. You have to drag it from the left menu bar inside the disc utility application.
You can’t drag the “dump”-icon from the desktop. You have to drag it from the left menu bar inside the disc utility application.
I’m trying this but it’s not working :S Specifically this
8. In disc utility, select the dump image and click the restore tab
9. Drag the mounted Mac OS X Install DVD to the Restore from field
10. Drag the mounted dump to the Restore to field (or equivalent)
Those steps do not work :L The Restore To field is grayed out and won’t let me drag anything to it, so what’s up?
same here, for step #10 i cant put anything in the ‘restore to’ section