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On Aug 23, 2011, at 3:06 PM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. I did in the event I chose to restore from MAS if MAS had a later version/updated sometime down the road. But yeah, probably won't be used -K > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
