Judging from those instructions (the same as other OS Cds) it would seem like you would also therefore be able to "burn" it to a usb key or external hard drive, for those of you with macbook airs, or broken dvd drives in your computers.
On 7 June 2011 21:04, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Marveloid! Many thanks > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 7 Jun 2011, at 20:04, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > For Sam > > Regards > > Russell > > > > [image: star]TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog > 7 June 2011 19:00 > by Kelly Hodgkins > How to burn a Lion boot > disc<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/> > > Mac OS X > Lion<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/06/apple-currently-previewing-lion-essentially-same-demo-as-during/>will > debut in July and this > handy set of instructions from Egg > Freckles<http://eggfreckles.net/tech/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/>will let you > create a boot disc for installation. OS X Lion will be > distributed via the Mac App Store and you can download the installer files > to your hard drive. Once you have the installer files, follow these steps to > create your very own boot disc: > > - Use Finder to locate the Mac OS X Lion installer, right-click and > select "Show Package Contents" > - Find the SharedSupport folder and look for a file names > "InstallESD.dmg". This is the Lion Boot Disc image. > - Copy the "InstallESD.dmg" file to another folder such as your > desktop. > - Launch Disk Utility and click the burn button > - Select the "InstallESD.dmg" copy as the image to burn, insert a DVD, > and in a few minutes you will have a brand new Lion Boot Disc. > > These instructions won't do much for everyone right now since OS X Lion is > still in the hands of the developers. Bookmark, Evernote or Instapaper this > post for future use. You'll be glad you did when Lion rolls out next month. > > How to burn a Lion boot > disc<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/>originally > appeared on TUAW > - The Unofficial Apple Weblog <http://www.tuaw.com> on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 > 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of > feeds<http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/> > . > Source <http://eggfreckles.net/tech/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/> | > Permalink<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/> > | Email this <http://www.tuaw.com/forward/19960615/> | > Comments<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/#comments> > boot boot disc BootDisc Disc Utility DiscUtility Lion Mac OSX OSX 10.6.7 > Osx10.6.7 software update > > > Sent from my phone, which may be an iPhone. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
