bootable 10.5 install dvd iso

[wstrucke]

Has anyone had any luck creating a bootable iso of the OS X install dvd to use with parallels server for mac?

I don't have a problem booting new virtual machines from a windows server 2008 iso, but for some reason the 10.5 iso I created with disk utility does not seem to work, instead I have to have the media inserted in each of my servers (which is less than ideal).

[wstrucke]

I figured it out - thanks to a post on macosxhints.com:

The procedure to create a bootable ISO for use with parallels in Mac OS X Leopard:

1. insert the installation media and launch disk utility
2. select the bootable partition on the left and click the "New Image" button
3. image format should be "DVD/CD Master" with no encryption - click save
4. open terminal and navigate to the folder you saved the image into
5. type the following command to convert it to a format usable by Parallels, windows, etc...:

hdiutil makehybrid Mac\ OS\ X\ Server\ Install\ Disc.cdr -o Mac\ OS\ X\ Server\ Install\ Disc.iso

where "Mac\ OS\ X\ Server\ Install\ Disc.cdr" is the name of the source file you saved in step 3 (note the slashes to escape the spaces in the path) and "Mac\ OS\ X\ Server\ Install\ Disc.iso" is the name of the destination ISO image.

On my machine this took about 3 minutes and resulted in a 100% bootable ISO that I can use in place the physical dvds. (it's much faster too!)

[TSDAdmin]

When I follow the above instructions, I get a bootable ISO image. However that image gets stuck on the Apple
logo. This only happens when I boot from the ISO not the DVD.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

"E"

[Matt Maciag]

I just ran into this problem with my VM's. I'm running Parallels Server for Mac on a new Intel Xserve (Nehalem) and tried using the install DVD that came with the Xserve. That install DVD was for OS X 10.5.6. I also had some 10-client versions of the retail packaged OS X Server that was a 10.5.4 DVD. I switched to the older/retail packaged DVD and my install saw the virtual hard drive immediately and my installs progressed from there.

Give an older DVD a try and see what happens.

Matt Maciag
Director of Technology
Dexter Community Schools, Dexter, Michigan
maciagm@dexterschools.org

[TSDAdmin]

Thanks Matt for the suggestion. Actually, I figured it out. Here's an alternative ISO creation
method to that of Wstrucke's ISO instructions.

1.) Download the freeware burning program, Burn. http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net

2.) Use the "Copy" tab to make an ISO image of the Leopard Server DVD. The program
makes an actual ISO and not a CDR image. So there's no need to convert via Terminal.

3.) Use that instead of the DVD when installing in Parallels. Not only is it faster, boots to
the install screen, but also allows you to select the virtual hard drive that Parallels provides.

Hope it helps.

Efren Palacios
Systems Administrator
Texas School for the Deaf