Have you tried reinstalling over the internet?
Option/Alt + Command + R
needs internet though...
The other way is to install it onto a USB drive, then start from that
and install onto internal drive.
Good luck,
J
On 4 Aug 2020, at 10:42, Rob Beattie wrote:
I was trying to do a clean install of El Capitan on an old MacBook and
have
run into some bother.
Having erased the hard disk and then used Cmd+R to get at OSX
Utilities,
it's saying that it can't re-install OSX- "no packages were eligible
for
install. contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Quit the
installer to restart your computer and try again."
I've done that several times to no avail.
I have located the El Capitan package (
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206886) and downloaded it onto
another
Mac. I can presumably then copy this onto an external USB drive and
then
plug that into my old MacBook.
BUT, given my old Macbook won't boot up (so I can't see or use the
Finder
etc.) how do I get it to understand that I have this El Capitan (it's
a dmg
file) on the external drive and then access it so I can carry out the
re-install?
Any advice really appreciated!
Rob
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