[Chameleon]

Has anyone used Carbon Copy Cloner? I'm trying to clone my Hackintosh for a 2nd Dell Mini 9. When I run the program it does the clone and says the clone is bootable but, when I install it in the new Mini 9, it says OS not found. Any help would be great!

[SkyWriter]

did you use disk utility to mark the partition GUID?

[Chameleon]

Originally Posted by SkyWriter

did you use disk utility to mark the partition GUID?

Sure did.

Is it even possible to clone a Hackintosh install?

[underwhelmed]

I use it all the time to make back ups. Even though it says the clone is bootable, that is in a regular mac.

For your clone to be bootable, you have to run DellEFI to finalize the drive. From what I understand, the very small EFI partition does not get cloned, as it is a separate partition, at the beginning, or first section of the drive. This is where the boot loader resides. You cloned the OS X partition, and if this was a regular Apple Mac, that would be enough. However, since this is a Hackintosh, you have to take additional steps.

If you are trying to boot from a clone, use either a Boot123 disk, or a usb thumb drive set up with the boot loader and DellEFI to make this work.

[Chameleon]

Originally Posted by underwhelmed

I use it all the time to make back ups. Even though it says the clone is bootable, that is in a regular mac.

For your clone to be bootable, you have to run DellEFI to finalize the drive. From what I understand, the very small EFI partition does not get cloned, as it is a separate partition, at the beginning, or first section of the drive. This is where the boot loader resides. You cloned the OS X partition, and if this was a regular Apple Mac, that would be enough. However, since this is a Hackintosh, you have to take additional steps.

If you are trying to boot from a clone, use either a Boot123 disk, or a usb thumb drive set up with the boot loader and DellEFI to make this work.

I'll give that a try right now. Thanks!