Jump to content

Getting mad, can someone help me?

RGProductions
 Share
Go to solution Solved by RGProductions,
12 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

aaahh well then i am out of ideas

 

18 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

grab another pc it doesn't have to be runing OSX grab that hard drive and try and instal it on it. then put in it. It should work or you may have to do some changes to the disk. 

 

 

25 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you have a mac laying around?

 

That would make this much easier.

 

Hey all! got it to boot from a leopard install disk by holding down option and then turning it on!

Posted

I was given a MacBook 4,1 with no hard drive, so I have a hard drive, and even after everything I know, how can I get an operating system on it?

When plugged into my windows 10 PC the hard drive is recognized as MBR, and I have an install disk of Osx leopard that I want to put on it, but If possible I want snow leopard. Thanks!

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/689828-getting-mad-can-someone-help-me/
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

so, whats the problem? put the harddrive in there, put the disk in and boot?

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

so, whats the problem? put the harddrive in there, put the disk in and boot?

IKR, but macs of this era seem to not like booting to ANYTHING because of EFI being on the HDD. nothing does anything.

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

IKR, but macs of this era seem to not like booting to ANYTHING because of EFI being on the HDD. nothing does anything.

well then try putting the ISO file from the CD on the harddrive? that might do something

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

well then try putting the ISO file from the CD on the harddrive? that might do something

IDK TBH. My best Idea is somehow installing the OS onto the HDD through a working OS and then popping the drive in the mac, But IDK. Kind of a mac noob.

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

grab another pc it doesn't have to be runing OSX grab that hard drive and try and instal it on it. then put in it. It should work or you may have to do some changes to the disk. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, RGProductions said:

IDK TBH. My best Idea is somehow installing the OS onto the HDD through a working OS and then popping the drive in the mac, But IDK. Kind of a mac noob.

try this: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-reinstall-mac-os-x-for-a-fast-squeaky-clean-mac/

 

scroll down a bit and there is part about making a USB installer

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

try this: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-reinstall-mac-os-x-for-a-fast-squeaky-clean-mac/

 

scroll down a bit and there is part about making a USB installer

 

To do that you need to be on mac, also the machine does not boot from USB due to the EFI being on the hard drive, which isn't there.

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

grab another pc it doesn't have to be runing OSX grab that hard drive and try and instal it on it. then put in it. It should work or you may have to do some changes to the disk. 

 

Can you explain a bit more in detail? Kind of a MAC noob.

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

To do that you need to be on mac, also the machine does not boot from USB due to the EFI being on the hard drive, which isn't there.

aaahh well then i am out of ideas

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
  • Solution
12 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

aaahh well then i am out of ideas

 

18 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

grab another pc it doesn't have to be runing OSX grab that hard drive and try and instal it on it. then put in it. It should work or you may have to do some changes to the disk. 

 

 

25 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you have a mac laying around?

 

That would make this much easier.

 

Hey all! got it to boot from a leopard install disk by holding down option and then turning it on!

M1 MacBook Air 256/8 | iPhone 13 pro

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, RGProductions said:

 

 

Hey all! got it to boot from a leopard install disk by holding down option and then turning it on!

nice, have fun with pleb OS :P 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
15 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

Can you explain a bit more in detail? Kind of a MAC noob.

instal OS X on another pc with that hard drive even if it isn't a mac. I am a noob too but that should work.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, RGProductions said:

That really won't it checks to see if the system is a mac first. But it's solved now.

it can if you mess with the disk some and change what machines it is aproved to run on. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
14 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

Only need it to install windows through :)

lol ok then xD

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

Windows (might) be installing natively? IDK at this point.

lol good luck with whatever happens xD 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Linux, macOS and Everything Not-Windows

×