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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