Glad you got it to work. I have seen the installer 'could not be verified' before. The only time I saw that was after using command line copy (cp) to copy the installer app. But except for that one experience, using createmediainstaller has worked well. I also copy the installer to someplace outside /Applications like Phil (sqwarqDev) suggested before letting it run. Basically the installer app that I archive is a pristine, never been run, download. And then I make USB sticks directly off of those archived apps.
Sandor > On May 4, 2016, at 01:33, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > > >> On 3 May 2016, at 8:28 PM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> So probably a redownload isn’t going to help, but I’m doing it anyway. > > > Success! Finally. > > I created a new bootable installer using createinstallmedia and a fresh > Mavericks download. I did the Pacific Daylight Time change just in case > (though it sounds like voodoo, I’m prepared to believe anything at this > point…) > > I was able to install from that disk without further problems and now have a > working Mavericks OS. > > What didn’t work was trying to use the InstallESD.dmg directly. Creating a > copy of it using DU/Restore worked, but it only created a pure copy of the > disk image. That image was not bootable, and I was unable to make it so using > createinstallmedia nor the Ars instructions (which apply to earlier versions > of the OS anyway). It looks like the InstallESD approach is defunct from > 10.9, though there may be something I’m missing. > > Thanks to everyone for their help. > > It certainly shows that upgrading as new versions of the OS are released > should not be done without a great deal of thought. Leson learned. > > —Graham > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/admin.szatmari.net%40gmail.com > > This email sent to admin.szatmari....@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
