Clean install

theheyes · 17 Jun 2013 at 16:33

mrbell1984 said:
You have formatted the disk first haven't you?

Nah, actually, I didn't want to format the disk until I knew I had a recoverable image of the OS. Somebody mentioned dial-up and I realised there could be a problem with the wireless drivers (not uncommon for Apple products) so I tried it with my Ethernet cable. Success. Download time ~2 hours. Thank God for 'legacy' Ethernet ports eh.

That's only part solved the issue because Apple have somehow managed to make the Lion install image slightly larger that 4.7GB so I can't burn it to any of the DVDs I've got kicking around. I've had to order a 16GB USB stick. :rolleyes:

At least I'm making progress.

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jun 2013 at 16:38

@theheyes do you have the .dmg of the OS ? What I would do is create an installer so it's an offline OS rather than using the recovery agent.

Actually the ML install image isn't 4.7GB. The download is but not the .dmg which is inside the installer

Search for InstallESD.dmg .... (4.13GB, 10.8.4)

theheyes · 17 Jun 2013 at 17:33

Yeah that's the image I'm trying to burn to disk. Disk Utility says it's too large :confused:

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jun 2013 at 17:49

theheyes said:
Yeah that's the image I'm trying to burn to disk. Disk Utility says it's too large

Even with http://liondiskmaker.com/ ?

theheyes · 17 Jun 2013 at 17:55

Oh hang on, I'm on Lion don't forget (not Mountain Lion) The image does indeed weigh in at 4.72GB.

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jun 2013 at 17:58

theheyes said:
Oh hang on, I'm on Lion don't forget (not Mountain Lion) The image does indeed weigh in at 4.72GB.

Did you not upgrade?

oh boy.

theheyes · 18 Jun 2013 at 18:33

Nope, hoping I can skip ML and go straight to Mavericks. Anyway I FINALLY have a nice fresh install of Lion after getting that USB stick.

Still look relatively ages to install; those who say it's quick must be using SSDs.

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Jun 2013 at 19:20

theheyes said:
Nope, hoping I can skip ML and go straight to Mavericks. Anyway I FINALLY have a nice fresh install of Lion after getting that USB stick.

Still look relatively ages to install; those who say it's quick must be using SSDs.

MBA

so yes SSD.

theheyes · 18 Jun 2013 at 21:04

I'd forgotten how good this MBP keyboard is - so it's just about made it worth the hassle.

Skyboat · 18 Jun 2013 at 21:44

A DVD-R DL could have also worked for burning the install. No idea if it's worth buying enough of them, though probably still cheaper than a 16GB USB stick.

theheyes · 19 Jun 2013 at 19:17

On the plus side I now have a 16GB USB3 memory stick. It's not all bad. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to put Windows to Go on there so I'll get my use out of it.

I call shenanigans on making the image that size, it's almost as if they wanted to discourage making your own media around that time.