Where do you get the Lion disk maker? /Krister 12 jan 2013 kl. 02:05 skrev Phil Halton <[email protected]>:
> I had wondered about this same question, so , I created a usb thumbdrive with > the mountain lion installer and OS utilities on it. I used Lion Disk Maker > for this. I got the ML installer from the app store on my purchases page. > > Then, I booted from the USB drive, and using the OS utilities there, erased > the Mac HD and did the ML reinstall from the USB installer. > > It worked very nicely, and I felt a little safer working off The USB drive, > than from the Mac HD recovery partition, which as you say, is erased along > with the erasure of the Mac Hard Disk. > > Phew, hope that made some sense. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: A somewhat geeky question about partitioning the internal hard > drive > > > You would need to erase the entire partition first. Then, partition the > drive with 2 partitions. When you erase the drive, the recovery HD is erased > as well. However, when you install the OS on each partition, it will create > a new recovery partition. > > Note that if you got that Mac with Mountain Lion, you will not be able to > install Lion on it. You cannot install a previous version of the OS than > what initially came with the Mac. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello folks. >> I have a 21 inch Imac running Mountain lion. Now i want to repartition the >> internal hard drive because i've just baught Pro tools and it doesn't play >> well with Voiceover under ML. I take it i have to erase everything and >> reformat my internal drive and somehow make both partitions bootable, one >> with ML and one with Lion and what i wonder is what happens with the >> recovery pratition when i erase and partition the drive? How do i go about >> reformating so that everything is done right? >> /Krister >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
