Hi,
How big a USB drive do you need for making the USB bootable disk drive?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carter" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Mountain Lion Installation Question
Hi,
Extracting the dmg may help but I didn't do that either. Lion Disk Maker
just found what it needed. I think the key may be to have both apps in your
applications folder. I expect that is where the lion disk maker is looking
for them but don't know this for sure. I just know that the instructions
said to make the recovery USB drive just after the Mountain Lion installer
is downloaded. This would mean that when you quit out of it to make the
recovery USB that it would be in the applications folder.
Robert Carter
On Jul 29, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Allison,
Okay, that makes sense now. I did not extract anything, so I'll give your
suggestion a shot.
Les
On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Allison Mervis <[email protected]> wrote:
You need to xtract the DMG file from the install package first. When
you're focused on the file you downloaded from the app store, hit VO
shift M, and arrow down to explore package contents. Arrow around the
folders until you find a DMG file. This is the actual image file for the
installer. Copy this file to another location, then launch disk maker,
and you should be good to go.
Allison
On Jul 29, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
I copied the file into my downloads folder and then launched Lion Disk
Maker. A dialog came up stating that the file could not be used to
create the installation or something like that. Wouldn't it make more
sense at this point to just copy the installation file to my external
drive?
Les
On Jul 29, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
ok. After the download is complete, and that dialog pops up asking you
to continue, go to your applications folder. Look for the Mountain
lion installer app in there. Copy it and paste it to another folder in
your finder. Like documents for example. Then laucn lion disk maker.
It she find it now. If it doesn't, use the browse feature and point it
to the installer you just placed in another folder.
hth
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jul 29, 2012, at 6:43 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ricardo,
I have Lion Disk Maker. After downloading the Mountain Lion
installation, I pressed Command Tab to go to the Finder and launched
Lion Disk Maker from the applications window. I then get a message
that a copy of Mountain Lion could not be found and I have the
opportunity to search for it. I didn't go looking for it yet. I went
back to the App Store and quit out of the installation rather than
choosing Continue. What would you recommend doing since the process
was not automatic for me.
Les
On Jul 28, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
Its a piece of cake. First, I recommend downloading Lion disk maker.
A google search for that should get you what you need. After that,
download mountain Lion. When the download is complete, you will get
a dialog box asking you to press continue to proceed with the
installation. You can just ignore this for a minute. Command tab to
your finder and open Lion disk maker. Just follow the prompts. It
will search your Mac for the Mountain Lion installation app which is
temporarily saved in your applications folder. It will then ask you
what do you want to create the bootable disk with. just choose your
thumb drive and let it do its thing. Thats it. your done.
hth
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jul 28, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Jesus Garcia <[email protected]>
wrote:
One other question and I apologize if this has been asked multiple
times. I
have had a hard time keeping up with the list do to travel.
Can someone please point me to a step by step creation of the
installation
disc. I am going to use the 32 GB thumb drive this is a figh end 32
GB Micro
key Flash drive.
Again thanks to all.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 14:30
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Mountain Lion Installation Question
Hi,
just to add, you don't even need all of the 32GB drive either. You
can
creat a 8GB partition and make that the bootable drive.
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
You need to quit the installer, and do not, I repeat, do not
install it.
Once you do, the installer deletes itself after the system restarts
into
ML.
Yes, you can use a 32GB drive.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jesus Garcia
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 9:49 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Mountain Lion Installation Question
Okay folks a quick question regarding installation and bootable
disc.
First I already downloaded Mountain Lion the machine is just
waiting
for me to click the continue button. If I do this can I later make
a
installation disc from the copy I downloaded? Second can I use a 32
GB
thumb drive or must I use a DVD? Thanks Jesus Garcia
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