[macvoiceover] Re: How to make bootable Lion cd with VO?
- From: covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:19:39 -0400
Thanks much for that -- it clarifies things nicely.
Cheryl Ann Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just burned a dvd and did an install with it onto one of my external
> drives so I'll try to give a more detailed account than some would
> need.
>
> You don't have to drag anything. there's a dmg file inside the package
> contents of the installer application you download
> that you can move to your desktop and then go into disk utility and
> burn it. I couldn't figure out how to do it right in Finder but I'll
> give you the Terminal path and you can maybe figure out how to do it
> in finder if you'd rather do that. I tried file > show package
> contents in finder but for some reason that didn't work for me. I
> think what you do is supposed to be the equivalent of a right click on
> the application. Remember that if you want to burn to dvd you either
> need to do it before you install or you need to copy it from
> /applications elsewhere because the installer package disappears after
> the intall though it's my understanding it can also be found on a
> hidden recovery partition.
>
> In terminal:
>
> cp command to copy the installer dmg to your desktop or wherever you
> want it.
> Here's my example (your path to the application may be different and
> this is all one line though it may be broken up in the email):
>
> cp /Applications/Mac OS X
> Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg /Users/myself/Desktop
> Then hit enter.
> Using tab completion will help you do this as it will put backslashes
> in at the spaces and carry through the whole line.
> Next open Utilities > Disk Utility in finder. Do vokeys-space on the
> burn button in the toolbar. Find your dmg file and do vokeys-space on
> burn. At this point you will need to insert your blank dvd if you
> haven't done so. Then in the next window choose any burning options
> you need and do vokeys-space on burn. Depending on wht you've
> selected, the disk will either eject or be mounted on the desktop when
> it is done and you'll also have a message saying it's done where you
> press an ok button if I remember correctly. I did a couple that failed
> to verify so I slowed down the burn speed.
>
> The resulting volume from your burn will be Mac OS X Install ESD. Open
> this and find the installer aplication itself: Install Mac OS X
> Lion. Open this. From there you follow the instructions. You do need
> to be connected to the Internet as additional components will be
> downloaded. After the download you will be instructed to restart your
> computer to install lion. After the computer restarted, I had to turn
> voiceover on again in order to hear what was happening with the
> install; the voice was Fred and I had to use ctrl-option-cmd right
> arrow to get to the volume and cmd-option-ctrl-uparrow to raise the
> volume.
> When the install is done you will see a restart button but the
> computer will restart automatically anyway. I'm not sure if I had to
> restart speech when lion came up or not. I did have one immediate
> software update of runtime java because I have mlb's autobahn.jar on
> my computer. If you neex Xcode you will have to get the new version
> from the app store for free and install using the install application
> that will be put in your /Applications folder. I haven't tried to burn
> that but it's probably possible.
>
> Hth.
>
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> --
> Cheryl
>
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> and the meditation of my heart,
> be acceptable in thy sight,
> O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer."
>
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