Does Anyone Else Install This Way?

[Abe Frohman]

Instead of using Unibeast to make a bootable USB installer I simply sled the HD or SSD I'm going to use in my Hackintosh to my Macbook Pro and run the original OS X installer; selecting the external drive as the destination. After the OS X installation is complete I will then run the Clover installer and select the external drive as well.

Once those installs are complete I'll place the drive in my Hack, boot, and begin configuring as usual. So far this method has worked 100% for me.

 

[pastrychef]

I did this for a Dell Optiplex 780 that I salvaged from the trash and it's been running fine for about a month now.

 

[Vize]

If I do it this way, it'll make my life much easier.

What do you mean by install then run the clover installation? What is the clover installation?

And also: would you have to enable the BIOS on the first time startup to run from the SSD or will it automatically pick the SSD as it has an OS on it?

Thanks!

 

[kiiroaka]

https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/

Do you have OSX => 10.6 on an Apple MAC?

Tony's UniBeast and MultiBeast really is the easiest way to install for the first time user. Even then it may entail a steep learning curve. After you've installed and re-installed a few times it gets easier. I know I had to install it a few times, once under UEFI, once under non-UEFI and a few times running MultiBeast.