old macbook reinstall help!

[thauolar]

I need some help with an old macbook
I need to make a boot disk for os x lion but i dont have acces to a mac and the mac that i need to reinstall has no os on it and the internet recovery doesnt work

I have the .dmg file with the os i think which i cant include unfortunaly

I cant make a cd so i need a boot usb dive and i need to make it in windows

 

[Tedster]

I need some help with an old macbook

I need to make a boot disk for os x lion but i dont have acces to a mac and the mac that i need to reinstall has no os on it and the internet recovery doesnt work

I have the .dmg file with the os i think which i cant include unfortunaly

I cant make a cd so i need a boot usb dive and i need to make it in windows

From SuperUser.com:

Link to TransMac: http://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm

[thauolar]

I need some help with an old macbook

I need to make a boot disk for os x lion but i dont have acces to a mac and the mac that i need to reinstall has no os on it and the internet recovery doesnt work

I have the .dmg file with the os i think which i cant include unfortunaly

I cant make a cd so i need a boot usb dive and i need to make it in windows

and one more thing i cant get the select boot drive to work not even the internal hard drives show up in the menu

[Tedster]

and one more thing i cant get the select boot drive to work not even the internal hard drives show up in the menu

That's not a good sign.

[Guest]

You need a program called MacDrive - it allows reading of .DMG files on Windows. Then, use that to 'burn' or restore the .dmg to the USB drive; you should be able to format the stick as an HFS+ GUID partition in MacDrive.

[thauolar]

From SuperUser.com:

Link to TransMac: http://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm

lets see if this works then

[Guest]

and one more thing i cant get the select boot drive to work not even the internal hard drives show up in the menu

You mean after holding down 'option' at boot? If so, only drives with an OS show up; blank or unbootable drivers aren't visible there.

[thauolar]

That's not a good sign.

then again the internal dive is formatted so yea

[thauolar]

You mean after holding down 'option' at boot? If so, only drives with an OS show up; blank or unbootable drivers aren't visible there.

and thats why thanks ;P now see if i can get it to work

[thauolar]

im trying the transmac option first and if that doesnt work ill try the macdrive way

 

now when i write the disk immage to the usb disk i just need to plug it into the mac and reboot while holding option and select it?

[Tedster]

im trying the transmac option first and if that doesnt work ill try the macdrive way

 

now when i write the disk immage to the usb disk i just need to plug it into the mac and reboot while holding option and select it?

That's how it should work.

[Guest]

im trying the transmac option first and if that doesnt work ill try the macdrive way

 

now when i write the disk immage to the usb disk i just need to plug it into the mac and reboot while holding option and select it?

Yup!

 

Make sure to format the flash drive before you restore the .dmg

[thauolar]

That's how it should work.

lets see if that works then

[thauolar]

its stupid that the online recovery doesnt work anymore jou just get an error message that means that apple doesnt support it anymore 

[thauolar]

ok im plugging the usb stick in the mac fingers crossed

[thauolar]

ok i only get internet recovery and my usb disk doesnt show up what now

[thauolar]

i dont know if my .dmg file i right it should be the operating systim so yea

[thauolar]

i used macdrive to make a iso for the os and im copying it to the usb stick will that work?

[thauolar]

it didnt work