Hi Sarah,
    I'll have to try this.  I think I missed a step when I tried before.

Thank you for these instructions.

Take Care
John Panarese
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> I just did this. you need to use a thumb drive.
> 
> 1. insert thumb drive.
> 
> 2. format it as mac osx extended journaled.
> 
> 3. erase all content.
> 
> 4. click restore and control click the flash drive..
> 
> 5. set it as destination.
> 
> 6,. I had to do the erase again and hit restore tab
> 
> 7. choose image button and mount the 10.7.3 dmg.
> 
> 
> 8. make sure your destination is now set to the thumb drive and click restore.
> 
> 9. confirm. It will take about 30 minutes for this to be accomplished.
> 
> good luck.
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:28 AM, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>> Hi Geoff,
>>    Theoretically, you are doing everything correctly as far as creating a 
>> bootable DVD using the installESD.dmg file.  
>> 
>>   Have you tried this using an original version of Lion downloaded from the 
>> Mac App Store, instead of a 10.7.3 version?  Also, what kind of Mac are you 
>> trying this process on and is it running 10.7.3 itself?
>> 
>>   As for creating the flash drive, I have the same issues trying to use the 
>> Restore tab.  The only thing I was able to do is make a Recovery Disk 
>> Assistant you can get from Apple to run.  The problem is this does not 
>> include all of the install data and if you have a Mac that was released 
>> after Lion's release, I understand that it doesn't always work as far as 
>> trying to use the Recovery on it.
>> 
>>    For some reason, drag and drop just does not work in Disk Utility in the 
>> Restore tab.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'd also be very interested in 
>> them.
>> 
>> Take Care
>> John Panarese
>> jpanar...@mac-access.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings y'all,
>>> 
>>> I've been experiencing some random weirdness and decided to start from 
>>> scratch.  To that end, I faked the Mac app store into letting me download 
>>> 10.7.3 and am attempting to burn it to either a DVD or a 32 GB SD card 
>>> (smallest one I have available right now).
>>> 
>>> When I drop the InstallESD.dmg file into disk utility, select burn, insert 
>>> a DVD and select burn, it goes into the verification process for about 15 
>>> minutes before presenting an error indicating that the disk could not be 
>>> created.  I treated the first DVD as a coaster, and verified the 
>>> "InstallESD.dmg" image before trying again and obtaining the same result 
>>> (or lack there of).
>>> 
>>> The DVD mounts and the content seems plausible, but I don't know if I want 
>>> to kill my partition and learn in mid install that the verification error 
>>> message was actually validly issued.
>>> 
>>> I then tried copying the image to my SD card, but seem to be going about 
>>> this wrong.  I select the restore tab and drop the .dmg file into the 
>>> source area.  When I attempt to drop the unnamed SD volume onto the target 
>>> field, it appears to land in the source area, and simultaneously activate 
>>> the "first aid" tab.  I tried the outer volume (item reads 32 GB reader), 
>>> but could not determine how to remain in the restore tab and render the 
>>> "restore" button active.  I tried reformatting the sd card as "OSX 
>>> Journaled", but still no luck.
>>> 
>>> Assuming that I eventually create a bootable SD card, how can I quickly 
>>> boot to it?  Is there a command key combo like command-r or command-c?  I 
>>> tried holding option during power up, but vo did not start, or respond to 
>>> command-f5.  I could probably boot the recovery partition, and exit to have 
>>> vo active in the drive selection prompt, but thought I'd ask whether 
>>> there's a quicker method?
>>> 
>>> Best regards.
>>> Geoff
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