Q: Why can I only use 2.48 GB RAM in Boot Camp (Win 8.1 Pro, 64-bit)?
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Jun 13, 2015 2:52 PMby Loner T,The largest file on the DVD is called install.wim which is
pwd
/Volumes/IRM_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5/sources
ls -lh install.wim
-r-xr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 3.1G Aug 22 2013 install.wim
Copy all files from the DVD except this file to a CD and burn it. Boot from this CD. If you are prompted for the location of the install.wim, point it to your disk0s1 partition. Please test.
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Jun 14, 2015 2:31 PMby Loner T,If you copy the DVD contents to a CD and exclude the install.wim, and try to boot from this CD, does it work? If the drive can read CDs but not DVDs, this is worth a test. You will waste a CD, if it does not work.
The other option is to use Rufus USB, burn the DVD to the USB and test if it can replace the DVD using Alt/Boot.
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Jun 16, 2015 6:15 PMby Mortandos,I really don't understand why my iMac is acting so weird. Used Rufus to make a bootable stick, it doesn't show when I boot.
I was able to burn the CD as suggested (so the superdrive is really weird, why can it read CD's but not DVD's?) but the superdrive doesn't show as a boot option.
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Jun 16, 2015 10:25 PMby Mortandos,There has to be another way. I found this guide
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-8-1-on-mac-without-boot-camp/
There has to be a reason why I don't even get to the point where I see the efi boot option and the Windows boot option after creating a bootable USB stick.
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Jun 18, 2015 5:04 PMby Mortandos,Still getting the NO BOOTABLE DEVICE error. It seems there was some kind of disagreement about whether the info.plist needs to be modified or not. I know my iMac was booting from USB before but I don't know how to get back there. When it was booting from the USB stick my problem was that it couldn't install Windows because the hard disk was not formatted correctly. Now I can't even get back to that point.
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Jun 18, 2015 7:09 PMby Loner T,1. Does your Mac boot from a USB which has OS X installed on it? If yes, then your USB booting is fine.
2. If you want your BC Info.plist back to original, the safest method is to re-install OS X, which will not modify any of your files. If you use Internet Recovery, it will install the version of OS X shipped with you iMac, not the current version. Please see
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Jun 18, 2015 8:05 PMby Mortandos,1) 2 weeks ago it did... when you suggested to boot Yosemite from a stick and then start the whole process.
2) Please see... see what? It seems there is something missing. It's not that I WANT to modify my info.plist, I just wanted to know whether it's necessary or help me in any way.
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Jun 18, 2015 8:07 PMby Loner T,The link I wanted to post was this one OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support .
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Jun 19, 2015 10:36 AMby Mortandos,I'm still wondering how Maubaraf (that's from a previous link you sent me) was able to use DISKPART, format it as fat32 and then copy the files from a mounted Windows 7 .iso to the stick. Like Windows 8 the Windows 7 file is too large for a fat32 partition, what am I missing here? Why is that not mentioned there?
