[mac4theblind] Re: created a bootable installer of Mountain Lion with SuperDuper
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:19:49 -0800
> Actually, I managed to create a mountain lion boot disk and then partition it
> and add the Mavericks boot disk to it. It works very well. See my blog post
> which I think I posted to this list yesterday. As I am on Mavericks, I kind
> of had no choice in the matter., But it works.
Tc.
> On Nov 3, 2013, at 10:43, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> with me, I have upgraded the network including my server throughout to OS
> 10.9. Reason for that was, after testing as a beta tester, I liked the feel
> of the newer OS and Server 3 offered a few new functions, though it has some
> differences. The new installer gives a bit more stability and options when
> setting up. OK it takes a little getting used to but it’s worth it. Be aware
> that if you’re an epson printer / scanner user, not sure if it’s the same
> with HP yet but with epson still using outdated installers, etc, Epson
> printers / all-in-ones don’t work with Mavericks yet.
>
> If you’re going to do an upgrade, I’d advise a clean install of mavericks and
> not an upgrade. you’ll run into stability issues otherwise and this has been
> tested and noted. hence me spending time advising users on best practices.
>
> as you’re still running mountain lion, if you’re able to use diskmaker x 3,
> try creating a bootable disk for mavericks.
>
> If you have a pen drive ready about 16gb or larger available, here’s a good
> tip.
>
> 1: open disk utility and select your pen drive. Tab to Partition. if your pen
> drive is 16gb or more then this matters. tab to a pull down menu that says
> “Current. this is the partition scheme. Change this to 2 partitions. this
> creates 2 equal sized partitions. Now tab to Apply and enter on it. it will
> ask you to verify you want to do so. do so. After the pen drive has been
> created, you’ll have 2 8gb volumes. Now. select partition 2: untitled 2 and
> rename it Mountain Lion. keep partition 1 Untitled as it is.
> 2: run Terminal found in Utilities.
> 3: paste in the following:
>
> sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
> Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
> /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
> Mavericks.app --nointeraction
>
>
>
> You’ll be asked for your admin password to continue. do so and hit enter.
> process continues, give it half an hour.
>
> when it’s completed, you’ll have the message. Done.
>
> quit terminal.
>
> select “Untitled” if it’s shown on your desktop and rename it “Install OS X
> 10.9 Mavericks.
>
> now you have 2 drives ready.
>
> you’re now going to need your mountain lion installer file.
>
> in the applications folder, you should have install OS X Mountain Lion, if
> not, go to the app store, go to your purchases tab and download Mountain
> lion. this is version 10.8.5 so is latest edition.
>
> once downloaded, do a Show package contents by selecting Install Mountain
> Lion and doing a VO Shift M. and then open the Contents folder, go to
> SharedSupport and select installESD.dmg. Open it as it needs to be mounted.
> now open Disk utility. Select the Partition Mountain lion in the Selected
> disks window. and tab to the Restore pane.
>
> Select the installESD.dmg file and VO Shift M. Set as source. enter on this.
>
> navigate to your Mountain lion partition and VO Shift M, this time, set as
> destination. again, enter on this.
>
> WARNING: there is a slight hitch in disk utility where a volume can actually
> go to both source and destination. check this by tabing to the source field.
> if source says “Mountain Lion, you need to reselect installESD.dmg and set
> as source. now check destination field and this should read Mountain Lion..
>
> Tab to the restore button and continue. this now builds Mountain lion
> installer.
>
> simple as that. OK it’s long winded but you can also use SuperDuper instead
> of disk utility to do an installESD.dmg restore to mountain lion. I use both
> depending on mood and speed or if over a network.
>
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