How to build a boot/system install disk for MacBook 2,1
Hi guys,
I’ve read until my eyes are bleeding. I just can’t figure out how to build the proper boot disk for this 2008 Macbook White 2,1. I got one image to burn to a hard drive and it asked me to recover.
I’ve tried:
balenaEthcer.app, Carbon Copy Cloner, Disk Utility to Restore, Install Disk Creator, Mac OS X USB Driver Creator, Super Duper!.
Everything fails. I’m not used to failure. I’ve been doing this for a long time. It’s an Intel board C2D, so the option key works for the startup menu. It just doesn’t want to recognize anything as a start up or install volume. I know you can install from a USB drive. It starts with one image I made, but only asks to restore or quit. I can use the Utilities from this startup. But, just can’t seem to make the right combination for this unit.
It shipped with Tiger, so I’ve tried making Tiger, Lion, Mountain Lion, nothing seems to work for me. All I get is fail after fail when I try to create, after 2 weeks of effort. It’s for a kid, as a freebie because he needs it for school. I figured this thing should run an old version of MS Office, if I can get it to boot. Thanks for your help.
I have a regular Mac Drive inside the unit, formatted in Extended Journaled, not an SSD or anything strange - yet. It did format the drive for me from the one image I created. But just can’t get an installer to work for me. Do I have to have the DVD’s? Even though I have the ISO’s from the DVD’s on a jump drive or two?
I know there’s got to be a way to simulate a DVD install, I’m just not that smart - yet.
Thanks for any guidance, you always come through for me.
Thom
Update (12/22/2021)
I do have a couple questions, Dan. If you don't mind?
- I have half a dozen Apple hard drives. One is marked firmware 2010. Is there any way to tell the transfer rate from markings on the drive?
- Lion does not download with the Shared Support Folder. I know, I've downloaded it from Apple 6x. So, how do you create the boot disk with an EFI? I try restore, it fails “cannot determine size". I try prepping the restore before I start, fails. The only Mac I have to prep is a 2019 MBP with Monterey. I tried other imaging and restore tools, nothing creates the “blessed" usb, or a “blessed" hard drive with usb cable. It just copies files as seen from the source. There is no “create install media" on Lion's install download media. Ideas on that?
- The EVO series is expensive, do you know of any other autosense drives before I start my search? It's a giveaway to a needy kid for school work, so it's all out of my empty pockets, lol.
- Some folks say you need 2 partitions on the drive to be used for system. 1 partition should be formatted, not to “GUID”, but to the Apple File Scheme? Truth to that?
- The image asking me to restore did boot from that drive via USB and a usb/sata cable. I was able to format inside the Lion image that asked to restore. Does that mean that drive is the proper transfer rate since it did boot from it? It's the only 1 drive that booted in 2 weeks of trying.
Thanks again, a little tricky here.
Update (12/28/2021)
Not working for me, only a DMG file, no shared resources folder to access. I did purchase a backward compatible SATA 1 SSD that will sense the correct version.
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1 - Often the venders drive info is visible and you can look it up. Many of the drives Apple used are Seagate's.
2 - I fear Apple posted a corrupted image. As I already had the needed installer I just setup my drive using it. The only other avenue is to locate a retail version on one of the market places it will have a image of a Lion on it.
3 - Kingston had offered one. I don't know if they still do. You don't need this exact model the older ones where also Auto Sense. an 850 EVO will also work.
4 - Yes & No! If you where using Mojave and newer Yes! But are we doing that here?? No!
To confuse you more! Apple offered a recovery partition solution before they offered Internet recovery so some systems will have a hidden partition Lion to Sierra being the OS which will likely have it.
Bottomline: Let the OS installer handle the partitions if needed.
5 - Sounds like you hit the hidden recovery partition on one of the disks. So you may have a Lion recovery enabled in the hidden partition. See if it is able to work.
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