News:

Happy New Year! Yes, the current one, not a previous one; this is a new post, we swear!

Main Menu

Dell Insprion = HackBook Pro!

Started by Joe, September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 4 Guests are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Joe

September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM
Since my computer and a MacBook Pro are nearly identical hardware wise, and I'm hoping to learn Objective-C and write some iPhone apps for a class at school, I've decided to take a swing at making a HackBook Pro.

Bless my poor machine's soul.. this was never intended by the god of computing.

First course of action.. shrink a NTFS. This can't end good.

On another note, does anyone know of software (OS doesn't really matter right now) that can take a partition of a HD (not the whole device) and make it into an image? If this is successful, I want to image my Windows partition, delete it, resize the Mac partition and run Windows in a VM, if at all possible.
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.

Hitmen

#1
September 10, 2009, 11:38:38 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM
On another note, does anyone know of software (OS doesn't really matter right now) that can take a partition of a HD (not the whole device) and make it into an image?
dd
Quote
(22:15:39) Newby: it hurts to swallow

while1

#2
September 11, 2009, 12:23:01 AM Last Edit: September 11, 2009, 12:29:53 AM by while1
Quote from: Hitmen on September 10, 2009, 11:38:38 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM
On another note, does anyone know of software (OS doesn't really matter right now) that can take a partition of a HD (not the whole device) and make it into an image?
dd

PartImage.

http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page

On the page is a link to SysRestoreCD which is a bootable live CD you can burn (or I think they even now have a USB flashdrive version), which has PartImage as one of the installed tools.  It also has Firefox, GPartEd, etc.

If you're familiar with Linux, then you can hook up an external HDD via USB, boot from the SysRestoreCD.  Once booted, you can use the terminal to mount the external HDD and then run PartImage.  In PartImage you can then specify the output for the image of the partition as the path of whereever you want on the mounted device.
I tend to edit my topics and replies frequently.

http://www.operationsmile.org

Camel

#3
September 11, 2009, 12:28:16 AM
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app
:)

<Camel> i said what what
<Blaze> in the butt
<Camel> you want to do it in my butt?
<Blaze> in my butt
<Camel> let's do it in the butt
<Blaze> Okay!

while1

#4
September 11, 2009, 12:31:25 AM
Quote from: Camel on September 11, 2009, 12:28:16 AM
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app
:)

How'd he do that if he doesn't have OSX installed?  He's trying to backup his Windows partition so he can install OSX...
I tend to edit my topics and replies frequently.

http://www.operationsmile.org

Joe

#5
September 11, 2009, 12:48:59 AM
Quote from: while1 on September 11, 2009, 12:31:25 AM
Quote from: Camel on September 11, 2009, 12:28:16 AM
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app
:)

How'd he do that if he doesn't have OSX installed?  He's trying to backup his Windows partition so he can install OSX...

Nope. If I get OSX installed successfully I want to put my Windows partition in a VM. Actually, Camel hit this spot on (assuming his suggestion works).

But yours looks good too.

Quote from: Hitmen on September 10, 2009, 11:38:38 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM
On another note, does anyone know of software (OS doesn't really matter right now) that can take a partition of a HD (not the whole device) and make it into an image?
dd

Does that work on only a partition?
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.

Camel

#6
September 11, 2009, 02:00:02 AM
Quote from: while1 on September 11, 2009, 12:31:25 AM
How'd he do that if he doesn't have OSX installed?  He's trying to backup his Windows partition so he can install OSX...
The files Disk Utility creates (.dmg) are just disk dumps (as long as you dont use compression or anything like that); they would be compatible with partition-level dd command and any ISO utility.


Quote from: Joe on September 11, 2009, 12:48:59 AM
Quote from: Hitmen on September 10, 2009, 11:38:38 PM
dd
Does that work on only a partition?
dd input/output is anything you can fopen(); partitions, files, entire disks if you want. dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/console

<Camel> i said what what
<Blaze> in the butt
<Camel> you want to do it in my butt?
<Blaze> in my butt
<Camel> let's do it in the butt
<Blaze> Okay!

Joe

#7
September 11, 2009, 03:02:18 AM
During a NTFS shrink I fried my Windows installation. However, that's ALL I fried. Currently backing up all my data to my external HD, then just blowing up the entire thing. FTW!
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.

Joe

#8
September 11, 2009, 05:51:40 AM
Camel said it'd be nearly impossible. Much harder than it's worth.

I've had more trouble tying shoes. (That's why I always wear sandals.)

A more pressing problem is that I have to get up for class in 2.5 hours, now. So long, sleep.
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.

Sidoh

#9
September 11, 2009, 04:15:46 PM
My friend has OSX on a Dell netbook.  I haven't used it myself, but he says it works pretty well.

Camel

#10
September 11, 2009, 07:05:52 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 11, 2009, 05:51:40 AM
Camel said it'd be nearly impossible. Much harder than it's worth.

That is not what I said at all; I said you didn't do enough research to dual boot OSX/Windows. There is a reason Apple had to come out with Boot Camp, instead of just telling you to put the Windows CD in. You didn't even know what GPT was!

<Camel> i said what what
<Blaze> in the butt
<Camel> you want to do it in my butt?
<Blaze> in my butt
<Camel> let's do it in the butt
<Blaze> Okay!

MyndFyre

#11
September 11, 2009, 07:15:13 PM
Quote from: Camel on September 11, 2009, 07:05:52 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 11, 2009, 05:51:40 AM
Camel said it'd be nearly impossible. Much harder than it's worth.

That is not what I said at all; I said you didn't do enough research to dual boot OSX/Windows. There is a reason Apple had to come out with Boot Camp, instead of just telling you to put the Windows CD in. You didn't even know what GPT was!

Oooh, oooh!  GUID partition table! :D
Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

Quote from: Rule on May 26, 2009, 02:02:12 PMOur species really annoys me.
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions