Uh, Actually I tried this and it did not work. Well it worked only once. and dragging for some reason didn't work with vo at the time I had to choose the source from the pop up menu that happened. when I control clicked the drive. It quit working after that. I booted in to it only once btw then after that it failed to show up as a start up disk so the pen drive¬ for me is a complete fail and I burned it on to dvd. Sure it takes 5 minutes to load but I got done what I got done faster. On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:10 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
> doing this by pen is far quicker. all you need is disk utility. when you've > downloaded the lion installer, right click and go to show package contents, > go to shared and there will be an "InstallESD.dmg file there, open it. this > mounts to the desktop. from there, open disk utility, load your pen drive, a > a blank one would be best, format it to mac OS X extended journaled . after > this, go to the restore tab. where it says source, drag the installesd.dmg > from the left pane where all your drives are listed to the source field, > destination is your pen drive. click restore. this creates the directory on > the pen drive, when finished, it mounts the new pen drive with the installer > info. > > when you reboot, hold down the option key and it will ask for which volume to > boot. select the pen drive, the reest's simple. > > lew > > On 22 Nov 2011, at 14:03, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > >> Hello Lew >> >> I did this, not for the first time. :) I also created the DVD but the >> MacBook simply won't have anything to do with it. >> >> I had to do the upgrade as we needed it quickly and I didn't have the time >> to wait. But I'm investigating this for the next time because as you rightly >> say the upgrade shouldn't be necessary. >> >> I'm going to try and do this on a pen drive though because it's by far the >> best option I think. But I was under the impression that the pen drive >> option needed a special utility and it also need to be created on the >> machine you're going to be installing on. Is that not correct? >> >> Lynne >> >> On 19 Nov 2011, at 11:43, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: >> >> Don't do an upgrade install. >> >> this is how you do it. >> >> when you've downloaded the lion installer to your machine, go to it and >> right click (VO - Shift-M and go to show package contents. You need to find >> a package name called InstallESD.dmg or something like that. >> >> now you can do this one of two ways... >> >> firstly mount this volume. >> >> from this point you can burn this to DVD using disk utility. >> >> the other option is to create a pen drive version (I advise this above >> anything else due to speed and reliability) where in disk utility, your pen >> drive is seen as a drive, the volume for Lion is mounted, then go to restore >> and create a restore point. If you're lost, I'll help further. it can get a >> bit long winded but it's a better way. >> >> reply back and I'll get this sorted. >> >> sorry for the hurried message. I'm preparing a project in need of some >> urgent attention. >> >> lew >> >> On 19 Nov 2011, at 11:32, James AUSTIN wrote: >> >>> Hello Lynne, >>> On 19 Nov 2011, at 07:55, Gordon Smith wrote: >>> This is infuriating because I'm having to do an upgrade install as I cannot >>> find a way to install from Lion direct. I created a Lion DVD using the DVD >>> image contained within the Install Lion's package contents and although the >>> disk burned right, the MacBook won't boot off it, it just throws the disk >>> out. But the MacBook Pro works fine. >>> >>> Do you have a Lion clone? I copied the DMG to the clone, and have used this >>> whenever I've wanted to install from scratch. Regarding your second point, >>> could the reason that the MacBook will not boot from the DVD, be because it >>> does not meet the system requirements. One of the MacBook's we have falls >>> into this category. >>> >>> HTH >>> TC :) >>> J >>>> Hello Sarah >>>> >>>> Thank you for the confirmation. I can't get passed the initial screen at >>>> the moment for whatever reason. It say I have to sign in to use the darn >>>> store but when I enter our Apple ID and click on sign in, it just drops >>>> back to the previous screen. >>>> >>>> This is infuriating because I'm having to do an upgrade install as I >>>> cannot find a way to install from Lion direct. I created a Lion DVD using >>>> the DVD image contained within the Install Lion's package contents and >>>> although the disk burned right, the MacBook won't boot off it, it just >>>> throws the disk out. But the MacBook Pro works fine. >>>> >>>> Go figure. >>>> >>>> Lynne >>>> >>>> On 19 Nov 2011, at 06:02, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>> According to the app store It's 10.7.2. >>>> >>>> Good luck. >>>> On Nov 18, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everybody >>>>> >>>>> Does anybody know which version of Lion is downloadable from the App >>>>> Store by any chance? Is it version 10.7.2 or is it still the original >>>>> 10.7,0 version which we all downloaded some time ago? >>>>> >>>>> I ask because I want to create a DVD of Lion to test out a theory; to see >>>>> whether in fact our quad core servers will boot from the DVD or not. I >>>>> don't honestly think they will, but I want to be sure because I can't get >>>>> the machine to boot from the SL DVD which would suit us best as a >>>>> starting point. I want to see if that is version specific, as I can't >>>>> remember whether or not I tried with Lion, v10.7.0 on DVD on the quad >>>>> core, But everybody else apart from Lew on list last night seems to think >>>>> that you can't boot the new Mac Mini Server from a DVD. I'm not saying >>>>> Lew is wrong, I just would like to be sure. I might pop over to that >>>>> horrible shop which those in the UK will know well; see if they do an >>>>> MacBook Air Superdrive, so I can be sure. >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, can somebody enlighten me as to which version is in the App Store >>>>> now? >>>>> >>>>> Lynne >>>>> >>>>> <--- 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! 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