[mac4theblind] Re: update on lion disk maker

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:17:09 -0700

Actually I did it and here's how  if I remember correctly.

You need to make your flash drive a GUID partition to make it boot when you 
hold down the option key. This is how I did it and it worked flawlessly.

Try that and see if that works.

Take care.
Sarah Alawami: owner and founder  of WICS Radio America. Check us out on the 
web at http:://wics.cc  and thanks for tuning in.

On Jun 17, 2012, at 6:40 PM, John Panarese wrote:

>    I don't think the current version does Flash disks.  I think just external 
> drives and optical media.  I believe the next version will support making 
> Flash drives bootable.
> 
> 
> On Jun 17, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Well using lion disk maker I learned it does not make  a bootable drive 
>> after all. I just tried it and it just copies the stuff over from the dmg.  
>> which is fine but I wanted my flash drive to be bootable. Thoughts?
>> 
>> Take care.
>> 
>> 
>> Sarah Alawami: owner and founder  of WICS Radio America. Check us out on the 
>> web at http:://wics.cc  and thanks for tuning in.
>> 
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