BootCamp Assistant shows different checkboxes depending on whether or not your Mac has a built-in (or formerly had a built-in) optical drive. If you have, you don’t get the chance to use an ISO. Typically USB boot (from MBR) is not supported on these models, so you will need the optical drive, one way or the other. Unfortunately, yes, BootCamp Help assumes a modern Mac with no optical drive, and simply doesn’t cover the case where you do not. That’s progress, you know. :)
You install onto the partition called “BOOTCAMP”, formatting it first to NTFS in Windows Setup. You do not under any circumstances try to adjust the partition tables. A separate, more involved process is used to get Windows onto your Mac without a copy of OS X, which is unsupported by Apple. There is a hack by which means you can trick BootCamp Assistant into thinking you have a modern Mac so you end up with a bootable USB drive. If you fancy giving it a try, and don’t mind adjusting XML files in TextEdit and re-signing the app, then I’ll see if I can’t help you with that. It isn’t actually guaranteed to work, though. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
