Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate - OSx86:

If you have the file on a remote Windows share :

mkdir /mnt/temp
mount //machinename/share /mnt/temp -t smbfs -ousername=yourusername,password=yourpassword

Note : If you are using Ubuntu/Kubuntu live CD make sure you install smbfs if you get problems trying to mount

sudo apt-get install smbfs

(you can also use an IP address instead of machinename)

Then, do the following, and REPLACE of=/dev/hda2 by whichever partition you noted down above ! (like, of=/dev/hdb3 or of=/dev/hda3, etc..)

fdisk /dev/hda

command: t (select partition number)

input AF

command: w

back to prompt



cd /mnt/temp
dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=/dev/hda2 bs=512 skip=63

Note : this will skip the first 63 blocks of the disk image. These blocks describe how the disk is partioned. After the 63rd sector, there is the first partition, which in this case is what we want. Most people get that totally wrong !

Wait long(20 minutes)... then



Note: for standalone hd


dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=/dev/hda2 bs=1048576