> On May 3, 2016, at 10:28 PM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> On 4 May 2016, at 12:52 PM, sqwarqDev <sqwarq...@icloud.com >> <mailto:sqwarq...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> Yeah, I’ve been through this. I now have disks with every OS from 10.6 >> through to 10.11 and a couple of old MBPs to run them on. Treat them like >> gold dust. You may well hit that “could not be verified” message again - I >> know I did, with every single install. >> >> Eventually, I chanced upon the idea that the checksum was out because of a >> time difference. I don’t know if that was true or if it even makes sense as >> a theory, but after temporarily changing my timezone to Cupertino time I was >> able to get past the roadblock and install. >> > > > So probably a redownload isn’t going to help, but I’m doing it anyway. > > > Thanks for all the tips folks, not there yet but things are moving. > > A couple of questions: > > Going for VMWare, does Fusion do the job, or do I need Fusion Pro?
Fusion has everything you need for this, no need for Pro. > Within the installer app, there is an embedded .dmg called InstallESD. This > seems to be the bulk of the installer. I take it that’s the *REAL* install > image. Can I install directly from that, and if so, how? In the earlier downloadable OS X installers, the InstallESD was bootable; in the current ones it’s not. I don’t remember when that changed, so the Mavs one may or may not be bootable. However, on the versions that aren’t, there’s a “createinstallmedia” command-line tool buried inside the bundle that will make a bootable image for you. Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
