Hi Anders, You cannot simply copy the installer over to the USB stick when creating this via Terminal. What you need to do is:
1. Use a minimum 8 GB USB stick. 2. Format the USB stick to MacOS Extended (Journaled) and make sure it is named "Untitled". 3. Make sure that the High Sierra installer is in the Applications folder of your Mac. 4. Enter the following into terminal: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --nointeraction 5. Press return. 6. Terminal will ask for your password. Enter it and go have a drink. The process should take about half an hour. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 15, 2018, at 10:51, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: Hi! I actually did it from the terminal. Now i have tried re downloading the installer and put it via the terminal onto the usb stick. I will now try to boot it up and see if it works. /A > 15 jan. 2018 kl. 17:20 skrev Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com>: > > Hi, > > Formatting it to MacOS X Extended - Journaled should be fine. Not sure why > it's not working for you though. Which method did you use to create the > bootable stick? 5 GB sounds about right, it's usually 5 point something GB > for the MacOS installers. I suggest you try it one more time in case the > first time had unforeseen problems. The other thing to try, is to start up > in the Recovery partition, then go to the Apple menu and Startup Disk. It's > possible that the Mac is being uncooperative due to the APFS vs HFS > formatting. This usually shouldn't be an issue as APFS sees HFS just fine, > it's the other way around that doesn't always work as you might be accustomed > to. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 15, 2018, at 02:29, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: > > Hi! > I have created a bootable usb stick with Hi sierra as i have to do a clean > install. > The problem is that its not in the startdisk selection when i go to system > prefs and start disk. > I think i have made a mistake by formatting it to Mac os extended journal. > I am not sure if this matters or not. > Is there a way of checking wheather the downloaded installer may be corrupt > or something else may have gone south? > How big should the installer package be when its downloaded. > Mine is 5 gb. > Thanks in advance. > /A > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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