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
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