That's exactly what the recovery tool is for Sarah. It isn't necessary to pre-format the drive as the partition is written block by block when you attempt to write your boot device. Sean, Try the recovery tool and point it to your flash card and see what happens. If the flash card isn't listed in valid install devices, then it isn't going to work.
Gordon On 28 Jul 2012, at 07:01, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: As long as it is formatted as mac osx extended journaled with the guid (spelled g u i d) partition. I'v never heard of a flash card being formatted that way and I'm not sure if the mac can boot from a flash card. You can try it though and let us know if it works. <--- 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/>
