arielkalman5799
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Q: Can't install Windows on my iMac !

hello everybody!!!

 

I tried to install Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 on my iMac but every time I started the installation process with the bootcamp it stops in the middle of downloading of Apple's software to support Windows and write me: "Can't download the software because of a network problem." I know my internet workes properly. Is there a solution for that or any other way to install the windows in a new partition in my mac?

I have an Windows 10 ISO and Windows 8.1 ISO downloaded from Microsoft site and I'm using iMac 21.5 (late 2013)

 

Thanks for answering!!!

 

Ariel Kalman

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), iMac 2013 (late 2013)

Posted on Nov 5, 2015 9:51 AM

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  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Loner T

    Should i post the commands one by one and after evet command press enter or all the command together and press enter.

    what should i do after i do that?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 5, 2015 11:13 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:13 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    One command at a time please.

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 11:17 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:17 AM in response to Loner T

    Last login: Thu Nov  5 21:14:48 on ttys000

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive          121.0 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

    /dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive          999.3 GB   disk1s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

    /dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +1.1 TB     disk2

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

                                     E56BD2C8-C4BD-4131-A10A-B21E4DB90F26

                                     Unencrypted Fusion Drive

    /dev/disk3 (external, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *31.4 GB    disk3

       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              31.4 GB    disk3s1

    /dev/disk4 (external, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.1 GB     disk4

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk4s1

       2:       Microsoft Basic Data Wininstall              7.9 GB     disk4s2

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 73CD9EF3-4CA7-45F7-AD38-0E17ABDDB10F

        =========================================================

        Name:         Internal Drive

        Status:       Online

        Size:         1120333979648 B (1.1 TB)

        Free Space:   638976 B (639.0 KB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume 73804E73-95A8-43B6-918D-25B02F9CD050

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume 5452FDB9-1F2E-4A4A-83BE-27398A807E6F

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    1

        |   Disk:     disk1s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     999345127424 B (999.3 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family 51E91A29-21EF-40EB-B981-E1E1F77811A4

            ----------------------------------------------------------

            Encryption Type:         None

            |

            +-> Logical Volume E56BD2C8-C4BD-4131-A10A-B21E4DB90F26

                ---------------------------------------------------

                Disk:                  disk2

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          1114478084096 B (1.1 TB)

                Revertible:            No

                LV Name:               Macintosh HD

                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

                LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175

          start       size  index  contents

              0          1         PMBR

              1          1         Pri GPT header

              2         32         Pri GPT table

             34          6        

             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

         409640  236306352      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      236715992     262144      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      236978136          7        

      236978143         32         Sec GPT table

      236978175          1         Sec GPT header

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  236978175] <Unknown ID>

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         PMBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  1951845952      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1952255592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1953525128           7        

      1953525135          32         Sec GPT table

      1953525167           1         Sec GPT header

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

    Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 1953525167] <Unknown ID>

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    Ariels-iMac:~ ArielKalman$

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 11:17 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:17 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    Is that what you have been asking for me?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 5, 2015 11:23 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:23 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    You seem to have 2 external storage devices. Are both of these connected when you try to install Windows?

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 5, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Loner T

    yes. but bootcamp tells me that i have to use i minimum 8GB external usb device to install the windows...

    this is the reason that they are connected...

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 12:07 PM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 5, 2015 12:07 PM in response to arielkalman5799

    ??

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 5, 2015 2:31 PM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 5, 2015 2:31 PM in response to arielkalman5799

    What is the 32GB USB used for? Your 8GB USB is incorrectly formatted/named/created. The 32GB one looks correct, but unless we check the contents, it is suspect. You need only one USB, not two. It needs to be a USB2 flash drive.

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 5, 2015 9:29 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 5, 2015 9:29 PM in response to Loner T

    Do the isb has to be a 8gb 2.0 flash or it can be something else like 32 gb 3.0 usb?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 6, 2015 3:58 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 6, 2015 3:58 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    Use a USB2 from 8-32GB.

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 6, 2015 4:56 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 6, 2015 4:56 AM in response to Loner T

    i tried to install the windows with usb2 8gb and also with usb2 32gb and it still not working. bootcamp say the same error (the network problem)

    any other solution?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 6, 2015 5:12 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 6, 2015 5:12 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    Are you using a wireless connection? If yes, can you connect to the Internet using a wired connection?

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 6, 2015 5:18 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 6, 2015 5:18 AM in response to Loner T

    I'm using wired connection

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 6, 2015 5:41 AM in response to arielkalman5799
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    Nov 6, 2015 5:41 AM in response to arielkalman5799

    As a test, can you download https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier and run a test as the following log shows?

     

    MyName-rmbp:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -h

    Usage: brigadier [options]

     

    Options:

      -h, --help            show this help message and exit

      -m MODEL, --model=MODEL

                            System model identifier to use (otherwise this

                            machine's model is used). This can be specified

                            multiple times to download multiple models in a single

                            run.

      -i, --install         After the installer is downloaded, perform the install

                            automatically. Can be used on Windows only.

      -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR

                            Base path where the installer files will be extracted

                            into a folder named after the product, ie.

                            'BootCamp-041-1234'. Uses the current directory if

                            this option is omitted.

      -k, --keep-files      Keep the files that were downloaded/extracted. Useful

                            only with the '--install' option on Windows.

      -p PRODUCT_ID, --product-id=PRODUCT_ID

                            Specify an exact product ID to download (ie.

                            '031-0787'), currently useful only for cases where a

                            model has multiple BootCamp ESDs available and is not

                            downloading the desired version according to the post

                            date.

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8,1

    Output directory Bootcamp-MacBook8,1 that was specified doesn't exist!

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ mkdir Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

    Using Mac model: MacBook8,1.

     

    Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/031-24514.English.dist.

     

    Distribution 031-24514 supports the following models: MacBook8,1, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacPro6,1, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, Macmini7,1, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1.

     

    Making directory Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514..

     

    Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/BootCampESD.pkg.

     

    100.0% 1633591296 / 1633586781 bytes

    Expanding flat package...

     

    Extracting Payload...

     

    Extracted to Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514/WindowsSupport.dmg.

     

    Done.

     

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ cd Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/

    MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ ls -lt

    total 0

    drwxr-xr-x  3 MyName  staff  102 Aug 13 11:57 BootCamp-031-24514

    MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ cd BootCamp-031-24514/

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls -lt

    total 3188544

    -rw-r--r--  1 MyName  staff  1632530665 Aug 12 00:59 WindowsSupport.dmg

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ pwd

    /Users/MyName/Documents/brigadier-master/Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls

    WindowsSupport.dmg

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ openssl md5 WindowsSupport.dmg

    MD5(WindowsSupport.dmg)= a3d3e4f4a950fe6b47c4cb55f7cd7e02

  • by arielkalman5799,

    arielkalman5799 arielkalman5799 Nov 6, 2015 5:45 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 6, 2015 5:45 AM in response to Loner T

    i downloaded the zip file but i didn't understand what to do with that?

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