There sis a nice utility called lion disk maker you can use to burn the dvd to a usb flash drive. this life hacker article explains how. Reader is not available but you'll see a heading that indicates where the article stats. Just hit cmd vo h to go by heading.
How to Burn OS X Mountain Lion to a DVD or USB Flash Drive On Aug 1, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Mark Furness <[email protected]> wrote: > I followed most if not all the messages regarding how to burn the dmg file > for m l. > > when I use disc utility it tells me my 4.7 gb dvd does not have enough memory. > however, he file is only 4.35 gb large. > > I did read that one can not use a dvd, but others say you can. > I can not figure out how to burn it to my 8gb usb. > my wife has an I Mac. All I am trying to do is give her a copy to upgrade it. > > all help will be greatly appreciated!! > > Mark > <--- 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! 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/>
