Plug in your USB drive, I’ll assume it’s called usbdrive when it
shows on
the desktop
Open Terminal and type in :
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\
Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
/Volumes/usbdrive --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\
Capitan.app
Type your password in and confirm deleting the USB drive, then it
should
copy the files over. You can then boot the Mac up holding down alt on
the
keyboard and choose the USB installer.
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On 4 Aug 2020, at 11:44, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks. Installing over the Net is the option that doesn't work. I'm
quite
happy to use the dmg file and I have a spare USB disk but I'm not
sure of
the process or quite how to search for it.
Is there an easy guide somewhere?
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On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 11:20, Sam - MacAmbulance
<[email protected]>
wrote:
Try making a bootable USB installer from the El Capitan version you
downloaded. The eligible packages error is I think because the
certificates
used to authenticate the installer have expired. Apple could renew
them and
reissue the installer but they want everyone to use Catalina so like
to
make it difficult.
Do you have a spare USB drive with 16GB or greater capacity that you
wouldn’t mind wiping?
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On 4 Aug 2020, at 10:42, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote:
I was trying to do a clean install of El Capitan on an old MacBook
and
have run into some bother.
Having erased the hard disk and then used Cmd+R to get at OSX
Utilities,
it's saying that it can't re-install OSX- "no packages were eligible
for
install. contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Quit the
installer to restart your computer and try again."
I've done that several times to no avail.
I have located the El Capitan package (
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206886) and downloaded it onto
another
Mac. I can presumably then copy this onto an external USB drive and
then
plug that into my old MacBook.
BUT, given my old Macbook won't boot up (so I can't see or use the
Finder
etc.) how do I get it to understand that I have this El Capitan
(it's a dmg
file) on the external drive and then access it so I can carry out
the
re-install?
Any advice really appreciated!
Rob
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