Hi Sarah,
I'll have to try this. I think I missed a step when I tried before.
Thank you for these instructions.
Take Care
John Panarese
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> I just did this. you need to use a thumb drive.
>
> 1. insert thumb drive.
>
> 2. format it as mac osx extended journaled.
>
> 3. erase all content.
>
> 4. click restore and control click the flash drive..
>
> 5. set it as destination.
>
> 6,. I had to do the erase again and hit restore tab
>
> 7. choose image button and mount the 10.7.3 dmg.
>
>
> 8. make sure your destination is now set to the thumb drive and click restore.
>
> 9. confirm. It will take about 30 minutes for this to be accomplished.
>
> good luck.
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:28 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> 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
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