Earlier versions wont show up I've tried with Yosemite and elcap in high sierra and sierra and there was no go but hey there is stil the option key at start up / power on.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2018 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick is not bootable. I don't know about that, Mark. I see both of my High Sierra and Sierra install sticks. Don't recall not seeing earlier versions of OS X either in the startup disk window. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact E-mail: [email protected] On 1/15/2018 12:31 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Anders, > > As I recall, in all previous versions of Mac OS, even if the bootable stick > is prepared correctly, it does not show up in the Startup Disk preferences > dialog box. > > The last time I checked, the only way I could see the bootable stick was via > the Option key-press at startup. > > I have not yet made a bootable High Sierra stick so cannot confirm this but > such was definitely the case in the previous OS. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 1:29 AM > To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Bootable usb stick is not bootable. > > 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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
