I'm trying to install the windows 7 rc onto my toshiba nb200 netbook, which currently has a poorly performing version of os x onto it.
I used OS X to create a bootable USB stick with 7 on it, using these commands:
the disk shows up as it should, with the files extracted onto it and Zero KB available, the netbook refuses to boot from it. I don't get any errors it just doesn't do it at all.
I have previously managed to install ubuntu and then os x from the same usb stick, seems to be a windows 7 thing, anyone have any ideas?
I used OS X to create a bootable USB stick with 7 on it, using these commands:
# Open a Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/)
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Run diskutil list to get the current list of devices
# Insert your flash media
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Run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
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Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
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Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m (replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is located; for example, ./ubuntu.img). If you see the error dd: Invalid number `1m', you are using GNU dd. Use the same command but replace bs=1m with bs=1M.
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Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes
the disk shows up as it should, with the files extracted onto it and Zero KB available, the netbook refuses to boot from it. I don't get any errors it just doesn't do it at all.
I have previously managed to install ubuntu and then os x from the same usb stick, seems to be a windows 7 thing, anyone have any ideas?