ouch. if Only I knew you then, I could have had you up and running through screen sharing or something like that.
lew On 22 Nov 2011, at 16:18, Sarah Alawami wrote: > 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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