On Aug 23, 2011, at 12:44, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > If you create a bootable image from the Lion installer that you got from the > Mac App Store, will that image work when installing on a drive that does not > already have Snow Leopard installed?
If you RESTORE the dmg file the disk or USB stick will boot any Intel Mac. > ie: is the installer a full Lion installer? Yep. > > I bought a Crucial 8GB thumb drive and partitioned it - > 1 partition for a Recovery partition using Apple's assistant > 1 partition for a bootable image of InstallESD.dmg from the Lion installer > package I got from MAS. I restored the lion dmg to and 8gb stick and then copied a dmg of iLife '11 to the drive. I've never partitioned any USB media. > I had read you could install Lion from a USB drive (or other) using > InstallESD.dmg onto a fresh newly, formatted drive, but I've also heard the > only way to get a full installer that does not require Snow Leopard is to buy > Apple's new USB Lion thumb drive for $79. That is not true. However, I have no idea if putting the recovery partition on a thumb drive is at all useful. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
