I see... now if they'd just told me that yesterday... On 8/29/12, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Josh > > That explains a lot. If you booted from the recovery partition but don't > have a wired Internet, that is most likely why you cannot see anything. > > > On 29 Aug 2012, at 15:38, josh gregory <joshkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gordon: > > I've written you offlist but will explain here: > > I called Apple yesterday and they said we'll have to take it in to an > Apple Store, which I'll be doing here in a bit. Second, we have wifi, > no wired internet (would an Ethernet cable fix that)? Third, I booted > from recovery partition and did it that way. > Thanks, > Josh > > On 8/29/12, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: >> Hi Josh >> >> I could provide you with the DVD image that you could burn from Windows >> if >> you need that. Let me know, (off list). But before you do, make sure >> you >> meet these requirements. 1. You have wired internet, not wireless. 2. >> You've tried both Command+R and Option+R (this is only because I cannot >> remember which one the recovery option is. Now, just to be clear. You >> said >> yesterday I believe that you were working without a display. Which >> machine >> is this you're actually using? Also, I still don't understand how you've >> managed to erase your Macintosh HD if you were booted from it. Disk >> Utility >> won't allow you to do that as far as I know. So I'm starting to wonder >> whether you have a hardware failure. >> >> The thing is Josh if you do have a zapped hard drive, the recovery >> restore >> is firmware-based, so it would do that automatically if you meet the >> above >> conditions. If you have wired Internet and there is no content on the >> hard >> drive, it goes away and gets it from the Apple Servers, subject to your >> eligibility. >> >> Given that you've already installed the operating system, you must be >> eligible to do so again. Therefore, something else has to be going on >> here. >> Do you by any chance have a second Mac? If so, you could use target >> mode. >> >> Again, if you need the DVD of Lion, let me know and I'll try to arrange a >> Windows-compatible burn image for you. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 28 Aug 2012, at 19:45, josh gregory <joshkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hmm will try it. How can I get the disc image? 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