[mac4theblind] Re: Error in write up on creating a USB / external drive for Mavericks.
- From: Christian Schoepplein <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:33:40 +0200
Hi Edward,
thanks for your mails regarding the possebilities of installing a new
and clean Mac OS 10.9. I've tried it also regarding to some descriptions
I've found on the net, but it did not work. Maybe the DiskmakerX 3
utility is able to create an installable drive and I'll be able to setup
my system in a clean way.
Cheers and regards from Munich,
Chris
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 08:31:46PM +0100, Edward Redfern 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some test work that my instructions are outdated.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.
--
Christian Schoepplein - <chris (at) schoeppi.net> - http://schoeppi.net
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