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I have a feeling they're doing things entirely incorrectly.

1) this is for Hackintoshes (should be in the title here, but isn't), and it uses a 10.6.2 hackintosh distribution, not your standard install disks.

2) they're using CopyCatX, a drive duplicator, instead of the disk utility. Does this matter?

3) CopyCatX is a $60 piece of software, though it shows it in what appears to be the disk image containing the portable 10.6.2 image... I wonder if this could be construed as supporting piracy.

4) If you're running on Mac hardware, you can just install to an external drive of any type, or image your drive to another, and it all works happily. CopyCatX isn't necessary there, why would it be necessary for copying a disk image in another case? It's an image.



Many LH posts support piracy, albeit indirectly.


2) they're using CopyCatX, a drive duplicator, instead of the disk utility. Does this matter?

It matters; Disk Utility doesn't create a bootable image.


it doesn't matter

$ man bless


It matters because you need the extra step and the article didn't mention doing so. Not that there isn't a way around it.


Actually, it does:

>Hit Options and make sure you're using the Master Boot Record option. Then hit Apply to format the drive.


That doesn't say anything about making a bootable partition. Just that it involves the MBR (rather than EFI, which Mac uses by default), somewhere.




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