[mac4theblind] Re: Error in write up on creating a USB / external drive for Mavericks.
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:25:33 -0700
I use lion disk maker. The developer just updated it to work with Mavericks. I
think I will though use your solution as well and go over both plants on my
paid podcast series.
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 12:31, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OK guys.
>
> Very sorry about this. It has just come to my attention this afternoon after
> some test work that my instructions are outdated.
>
> DO NOT Follow the previous article created this morning.
>
> What has happened is that apple has decided to deliberately change the way
> that OS X 10.9 Mavericks is installed. They have changed the configuration
> method and packaging so that the InstallESD.DMG file which is used by IT
> administrators to deploy across networks.
>
> To perform an easier method of creating a bootable Pen / USB external drive,
> please use DiskmakerX from http://diskmakerx.com
>
> When you have downloaded DiskmakerX 3 from the site, install it to the
> applications folder.
>
> Launch DiskMaker X 3
>
> you'll be asked if you want to download mavericks, If you've already
> downloaded it from the app store, hit enter on "Not now".
>
> DiskMaker X wants to know what OS you want to write to the drive you're going
> to use, it gives the option of OS X10.7, 10.8 or mavericks. select Mavericks.
> it will attempt to find the OS installer. if it finds it, it will ask if you
> want to use the one found, yes.
>
> Now DiskMaker X will ask what drive you are going to use. Either a pen drive
> or a partition created on your external HDD.
>
> This is where Disk utility does help at this point as an error can occur
> where the disk you select might not be recognised because of a partition
> format type error. I found this out the hard way.
>
> TO SET UP A PEN DRIVE!
>
> Disk utility has mounted your pen drive, it will need formatting to OS X
> extended (Journaled). To do this, select your pen drive and go to the Erase
> tab. There are 2 areas to be set up. 1: Partition type: Mac OS X extended
> (Journaled). 2: Drive name: Mavericks now tab to the erase button and enter
> on it. you'll be asked to confirm. OK.
>
> TO SET UP AN EXTERNAL HDD
>
> If you're going to use an external HDD as a method of installation. do
> yourself a favour and create a couple of partitions depending on use.
> to do this, select your external hard drive's ROOT which is in the tree view
> of "Selected Disks" then go to the "Partition" tab.
>
> Create at least 2 or 3 partitions that can be used depending on the disk
> size. an example. 1TB. create a 20gb drive for Mavericks installer, 2 x 480gb
> drives for backup and time machine.
>
> Partition 1: Mavericks
> Partition 2: Time Machine
> Partition 3: Files (or whatever you wish to name it.)
>
> Each partition can be selected, edited by name and size. ensure that all 3
> partitions use Mac OS X extended (Journaled) partition scheme.
>
> Apply changes and your external drive is created.
>
> (if your external drive contains data, add a 20gb partition at the end or
> start of the drive and apply it with the same conditions of Mavericks and OS
> X extended Journaled. Any other specifications will cause problems. (name
> won't cause an issue but identify that partition as your OS installer.)
>
>
> After this has done. go back to DiskMakerX 3 and select "another drive" this
> now finds partitions made. if it finds "Mavericks" as your created drive.
> select it.
>
> now it will want to use admin privileges and will ask for your password.
> Don't panic if it gets slow. it's using AppleScript throughout. So it will
> come up with a status window for a while, copying your installer files, etc.
> Then it will go about setting up extra requirements. Once finished, you'll
> hear a sound file played and a message saying Completed. you can either
> donate, open system preferences and change boot option or quit.
>
> you'll be presented with a couple of windows, close them.
>
> Once again I'm extremely sorry for this error. I was producing this article
> from a previous article where these changes were still usable before golden
> master. After that point, the installer package has changed meaning the usual
> methods we've relied on in the past no longer work. So DiskMaker X is a safe
> route to use here. it has been reworked to fix a number of bugs.
>
> NOTE: if you receive an error when selecting a disk saying it can't use the
> disk, quit the app, go to disk utility and ensure you have the drive
> configured correctly. If you select OS X extended only, it's not supported.
> that is the old style HFS drive method.
>
> lew.
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