Hi Geoff, I'm going to try Sarah's instructions later. I think I missed a step in her procedure, but this should work for a Flash drive as well as a DVD. As long as it creates a 4 GB disk, it will have all of the install data needed to be used on any Mac to upgrade or clean install Lion.
Take Care John Panarese [email protected] On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Hello John, > > Thanks much for the info -- I'm running a mid 2010 13 inch MBP which was > upgraded to Lion 10.7.3 with 8GB of memory. I believe that the 10.7.3 build > is the only version available from the app store. Sounds like its time to > purchase an 8GB sd card and find a pair of eyes that can follow directions :). > > Best. > Geoff > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:28 PM > Subject: Re: Lion clean installation. > > >> Hi Geoff, >> Theoretically, you are doing everything correctly as far as creating a >> bootable DVD using the installESD.dmg file. >> >> Have you tried this using an original version of Lion downloaded from the >> Mac App Store, instead of a 10.7.3 version? Also, what kind of Mac are you >> trying this process on and is it running 10.7.3 itself? >> >> As for creating the flash drive, I have the same issues trying to use the >> Restore tab. The only thing I was able to do is make a Recovery Disk >> Assistant you can get from Apple to run. The problem is this does not >> include all of the install data and if you have a Mac that was released >> after Lion's release, I understand that it doesn't always work as far as >> trying to use the Recovery on it. >> >> For some reason, drag and drop just does not work in Disk Utility in the >> Restore tab. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd also be very interested in >> them. >> >> Take Care >> John Panarese >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Feb 19, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >> >>> Greetings y'all, >>> >>> I've been experiencing some random weirdness and decided to start from >>> scratch. To that end, I faked the Mac app store into letting me download >>> 10.7.3 and am attempting to burn it to either a DVD or a 32 GB SD card >>> (smallest one I have available right now). >>> >>> When I drop the InstallESD.dmg file into disk utility, select burn, insert >>> a DVD and select burn, it goes into the verification process for about 15 >>> minutes before presenting an error indicating that the disk could not be >>> created. I treated the first DVD as a coaster, and verified the >>> "InstallESD.dmg" image before trying again and obtaining the same result >>> (or lack there of). >>> >>> The DVD mounts and the content seems plausible, but I don't know if I want >>> to kill my partition and learn in mid install that the verification error >>> message was actually validly issued. >>> >>> I then tried copying the image to my SD card, but seem to be going about >>> this wrong. I select the restore tab and drop the .dmg file into the >>> source area. When I attempt to drop the unnamed SD volume onto the target >>> field, it appears to land in the source area, and simultaneously activate >>> the "first aid" tab. I tried the outer volume (item reads 32 GB reader), >>> but could not determine how to remain in the restore tab and render the >>> "restore" button active. I tried reformatting the sd card as "OSX >>> Journaled", but still no luck. >>> >>> Assuming that I eventually create a bootable SD card, how can I quickly >>> boot to it? Is there a command key combo like command-r or command-c? I >>> tried holding option during power up, but vo did not start, or respond to >>> command-f5. I could probably boot the recovery partition, and exit to have >>> vo active in the drive selection prompt, but thought I'd ask whether >>> there's a quicker method? >>> >>> Best regards. >>> Geoff >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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