Hi. I have a 24" iMac 6.1 with a 7600gt. It's currently running 10.6.8, which is fine for the most part. I have the machine in my garage for diagnosing things, so I'm using it primiarly as a music player and web surfer. The specs are great. Core 2 duo. 4 gigs ram. Should surf the web fine, but I can't find any supported browsers for snow leopard.
This has led me to read up on Mac Post Factor. I created a USB drive, formatted correclty, and installed the 10.8 installer onto it. I then patched the installer using Mac Post Factor. I did all this on my mac pro.
When I plug it into my iMac, it shows up as a USB drive. I restart, hold down options, and it shows up as a bootable drive. When I try to boot from it, it shows the apple logo, maybe 30 seconds or so, then goes white and shows the apple logo again, because it's booting from the normal boot drive now. It basically gives up booting from the USB stick.
To see if the USB stick was the issue, I plugged it into my mac pro, and tried booting from it. Works perfect, I get a Mac Post Factor OSX install screen.
Why would my imac 6.1 not boot from this thumbdrive? Do I need to install 10.7 first?
[doublepost=1514066382][/doublepost]Update: I tried partitioning the main drive, then I restored the bootable USB 10.8 installed onto one of the partitions. I booted from that with the sme result: it boots for 30 seconds or so, then reboots on the other drive.
Why would a mac pro be able to boot from this, but not an iMac 6.1?
This has led me to read up on Mac Post Factor. I created a USB drive, formatted correclty, and installed the 10.8 installer onto it. I then patched the installer using Mac Post Factor. I did all this on my mac pro.
When I plug it into my iMac, it shows up as a USB drive. I restart, hold down options, and it shows up as a bootable drive. When I try to boot from it, it shows the apple logo, maybe 30 seconds or so, then goes white and shows the apple logo again, because it's booting from the normal boot drive now. It basically gives up booting from the USB stick.
To see if the USB stick was the issue, I plugged it into my mac pro, and tried booting from it. Works perfect, I get a Mac Post Factor OSX install screen.
Why would my imac 6.1 not boot from this thumbdrive? Do I need to install 10.7 first?
[doublepost=1514066382][/doublepost]Update: I tried partitioning the main drive, then I restored the bootable USB 10.8 installed onto one of the partitions. I booted from that with the sme result: it boots for 30 seconds or so, then reboots on the other drive.
Why would a mac pro be able to boot from this, but not an iMac 6.1?
