Q: Enable Bootcamp to install from usb for OSX 10.9**WORKS**
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Aug 18, 2015 8:27 AMby Loner T,Can you temporarily disconnect the SSD in Optibay and test? I do not expect it to work.
If you still have a function OD, temporarily use it and install Windows bypassing all this, and once installed, you can remove the OD and put the SSD back in after the installation of Windows is complete.
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Aug 18, 2015 8:43 AMby Loner T,1. Put the Windows SSD in the main bay.
2. Put the OSX SSD in an external enclosure.
3. Re-install OD in the Optibay.
4. Boot from external OSX.
5. Run BCA and only click on Download Software option. This can be used later. This will download BC6 drivers. Please see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205016, if you need older BC5 drivers. These should be stored on a separate USB, if necessary. These will support W7 64-bit and W8+ 64-bit, both.
6. Create a physical DVD using Disk Utility and your Windows ISO. Leave it in the OD.
7. Power down your Mac.
8. Disconnect the OSX SSD.
9. Power up you Mac, and hold the Alt/Option key. Select the DVD and use Windows (do not use EFI boot).
10. Install Windows on the designated Windows SSD. Install BC5 to 6 drivers depending on your OS.
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Aug 21, 2015 3:56 PMby ma77hew.su11ivan,Thank you VERY MUCH for this. For those still having issues, I found a link complete with script which, upon closer look, suggests editing/adding the info.plist the major model (in my case MacBookPro8; NOT 8,3) in the UEFI Models array and PreESDRequiredModels array (again MacBookPro8). Also to delete the array Win7OnlyModels hope it helps some! Trying it now... Thank you again @bittte and thank you in advance to @Harianto http://blog.mdstn.com/windows-8-on-old-macbook/
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Sep 1, 2015 7:18 AMby karwerk,So I thought I'd chime in as I just spent several days trying to get windows 10 installed. I hava a macbook pro mid 2010 (preUEFI/EFI 1.1) and I replaced my optical drive with an ssd. So EFI installations are buggy and legacy installation gives the No bootable device error. Someone earlier mentioned that the reason the USB isn't recognized is because it wasn't set to "active". That could also be the issue, but I wasn't able to fix that.
The basic idea is to make a bootable partition with all the installation files on the hard drive instead of a USB. I originally created a bootable usb then booted windows installation in efi mode, created all the partitions and used xcopy to copy the installation files. It was tedious but I think using gpt fdisk in OSX would be way faster. Maybe some experts or someone who's stuck can confirm/try it out. I should point out that I'm no expert. I've just been reading about it for days every time a new windows version comes out.
Create 2 separate partitions in disk utility (not including the osx partition) and format both to fat32. One is the required size for your windows partition and the other should be around 4-5 gigs to hold all the installation files.
Mount the Windows install iso and copy all the contents to the 5 gig partition. (Only step I have doubts about)
Open terminal and type
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
You may have to use something other than disk0 if you have more than one disk installed.
Enter your password and press enter (password won't show while you're entering it). You should see this:
Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
p <enter>
You should see 5 partitions with the last two being the ones you just made. This is just an example.
1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System Partition
2 409640 725503591 345.8 GiB AF00 Customer (This is where OSX is installed)
3 725503592 726773127 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD
4 726773760 976773119 119.2 GiB 0700 BOOTCAMP
5 ..............................................
r <enter> go to the recovery & transformation menu
h <enter> create a new hybrid MBR
2 4 5 <enter> add partition 2 4 5 to the MBR
Partition 2 is where OSX is installed, 4 is where you want to install windows and 5 is where the windows installation files are.
y <enter> Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)?
Creating entry for partition #2
AF <enter> Enter an MBR hex code (default AF)
n <enter> Set the bootable flag?
Creating entry for partition #4
07 <enter> Enter an MBR hex code (default 07)
n <enter> Set the bootable flag?
Creating entry for partition #5
07 <enter> Enter an MBR hex code (default 07)
y <enter> Set the bootable flag?
n <enter> do not protect more partitions
o < enter> print (display) the MBR
You should have 4 entries. One type EE, one type AF, two 07, with one of them marked with * under Boot.
w <enter> write partition table to disk
reboot. hold down option - you should be able to boot into either Mac HD, or Windows.
I hope this helps. The next time I have to install Windows on a Mac I'll probably do it this way. I should point out that the steps to create the hybrid mbr are from another solution on the forum. I just can't remember where I read it.
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Sep 14, 2015 1:06 AMby sammeke24,I did all the steps .. didn't work , this was like my 2848293 time i tried another solution and still won't work , my macbook pro just won't show up the usb when booted ..please someone help .. i really need help , tried everything , several things in terminal .. i'm out of options
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Sep 14, 2015 3:51 AMby Loner T,sammeke24 wrote:
I did all the steps .. didn't work , this was like my 2848293 time i tried another solution and still won't work , my macbook pro just won't show up the usb when booted ..please someone help .. i really need help , tried everything , several things in terminal .. i'm out of options
Put the Optical drive back in the Optibay, the designated Windows drive in Main Bay and perform a standard BC/Windows installation. This solution only works on specific MBPs and requires a lot more work.
