doing this by pen is far quicker. all you need is disk utility. when you've downloaded the lion installer, right click and go to show package contents, go to shared and there will be an "InstallESD.dmg file there, open it. this mounts to the desktop. from there, open disk utility, load your pen drive, a a blank one would be best, format it to mac OS X extended journaled . after this, go to the restore tab. where it says source, drag the installesd.dmg from the left pane where all your drives are listed to the source field, destination is your pen drive. click restore. this creates the directory on the pen drive, when finished, it mounts the new pen drive with the installer info.
when you reboot, hold down the option key and it will ask for which volume to boot. select the pen drive, the reest's simple. lew On 22 Nov 2011, at 14:03, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Lew > > I did this, not for the first time. :) I also created the DVD but the MacBook > simply won't have anything to do with it. > > I had to do the upgrade as we needed it quickly and I didn't have the time to > wait. But I'm investigating this for the next time because as you rightly say > the upgrade shouldn't be necessary. > > I'm going to try and do this on a pen drive though because it's by far the > best option I think. But I was under the impression that the pen drive option > needed a special utility and it also need to be created on the machine you're > going to be installing on. Is that not correct? > > Lynne > > On 19 Nov 2011, at 11:43, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > > Don't do an upgrade install. > > this is how you do it. > > when you've downloaded the lion installer to your machine, go to it and right > click (VO - Shift-M and go to show package contents. You need to find a > package name called InstallESD.dmg or something like that. > > now you can do this one of two ways... > > firstly mount this volume. > > from this point you can burn this to DVD using disk utility. > > the other option is to create a pen drive version (I advise this above > anything else due to speed and reliability) where in disk utility, your pen > drive is seen as a drive, the volume for Lion is mounted, then go to restore > and create a restore point. If you're lost, I'll help further. it can get a > bit long winded but it's a better way. > > reply back and I'll get this sorted. > > sorry for the hurried message. I'm preparing a project in need of some urgent > attention. > > lew > > On 19 Nov 2011, at 11:32, James AUSTIN wrote: > >> Hello Lynne, >> On 19 Nov 2011, at 07:55, Gordon Smith wrote: >> This is infuriating because I'm having to do an upgrade install as I cannot >> find a way to install from Lion direct. I created a Lion DVD using the DVD >> image contained within the Install Lion's package contents and although the >> disk burned right, the MacBook won't boot off it, it just throws the disk >> out. But the MacBook Pro works fine. >> >> Do you have a Lion clone? I copied the DMG to the clone, and have used this >> whenever I've wanted to install from scratch. Regarding your second point, >> could the reason that the MacBook will not boot from the DVD, be because it >> does not meet the system requirements. One of the MacBook's we have falls >> into this category. >> >> HTH >> TC :) >> J >>> Hello Sarah >>> >>> Thank you for the confirmation. I can't get passed the initial screen at >>> the moment for whatever reason. It say I have to sign in to use the darn >>> store but when I enter our Apple ID and click on sign in, it just drops >>> back to the previous screen. >>> >>> This is infuriating because I'm having to do an upgrade install as I cannot >>> find a way to install from Lion direct. I created a Lion DVD using the DVD >>> image contained within the Install Lion's package contents and although the >>> disk burned right, the MacBook won't boot off it, it just throws the disk >>> out. But the MacBook Pro works fine. >>> >>> Go figure. >>> >>> Lynne >>> >>> On 19 Nov 2011, at 06:02, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>> According to the app store It's 10.7.2. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> On Nov 18, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody >>>> >>>> Does anybody know which version of Lion is downloadable from the App Store >>>> by any chance? Is it version 10.7.2 or is it still the original 10.7,0 >>>> version which we all downloaded some time ago? >>>> >>>> I ask because I want to create a DVD of Lion to test out a theory; to see >>>> whether in fact our quad core servers will boot from the DVD or not. I >>>> don't honestly think they will, but I want to be sure because I can't get >>>> the machine to boot from the SL DVD which would suit us best as a starting >>>> point. I want to see if that is version specific, as I can't remember >>>> whether or not I tried with Lion, v10.7.0 on DVD on the quad core, But >>>> everybody else apart from Lew on list last night seems to think that you >>>> can't boot the new Mac Mini Server from a DVD. I'm not saying Lew is >>>> wrong, I just would like to be sure. I might pop over to that horrible >>>> shop which those in the UK will know well; see if they do an MacBook Air >>>> Superdrive, so I can be sure. >>>> . >>>> >>>> Anyway, can somebody enlighten me as to which version is in the App Store >>>> now? >>>> >>>> Lynne >>>> >>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>> >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>> >>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>>> >>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>> and worm-free! >>>> >>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>>> the list website at: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! 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