That's not the way to create a bootable USB device, You need about 7gig for high sierra Terminal for the command to create the bootable USB, And the installer file (file name.app) from within the download package. The usb needs to be mac os extended journaled And GUID But the terminal command will format the drive as part of the setup.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2018 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick is not bootable. Hi! I actually did it from the terminal. Now i have tried re downloading the installer and put it via the terminal onto the usb stick. I will now try to boot it up and see if it works. /A > 15 jan. 2018 kl. 17:20 skrev Tim Kilburn <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > Formatting it to MacOS X Extended - Journaled should be fine. Not sure why > it's not working for you though. Which method did you use to create the > bootable stick? 5 GB sounds about right, it's usually 5 point something GB > for the MacOS installers. I suggest you try it one more time in case the > first time had unforeseen problems. The other thing to try, is to start up > in the Recovery partition, then go to the Apple menu and Startup Disk. It's > possible that the Mac is being uncooperative due to the APFS vs HFS > formatting. This usually shouldn't be an issue as APFS sees HFS just fine, > it's the other way around that doesn't always work as you might be accustomed > to. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 15, 2018, at 02:29, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > I have created a bootable usb stick with Hi sierra as i have to do a clean > install. > The problem is that its not in the startdisk selection when i go to system > prefs and start disk. > I think i have made a mistake by formatting it to Mac os extended journal. > I am not sure if this matters or not. > Is there a way of checking wheather the downloaded installer may be corrupt > or something else may have gone south? > How big should the installer package be when its downloaded. > Mine is 5 gb. > Thanks in advance. > /A > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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