Hi, I guess an alternative would be to make a bootable usb lion install, i think Mike arrigo did a podcast on htis and there might be others. I do suppose I can still use disk utility in recovery mode to erase my disk and i would then use the usb drive to reinstall the system thereby bypassing the need for an internet connection. Would this work in my case? Thanks in advance, Greetings, Anouk, On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Daniel Miller wrote:
> Hi, > > Unfortunately, your machine won't be connected to Wifi by default when you > boot the recovery partician. To add to the unfortunate news, VoiceOver is > unable to access the Wifi menu at the top right of the menubar so you can > connect to a network. The only way for a visually impaired person to > reinstall using recovery mode is through an ethernet cable. I've contacted > apple about this countless times, and the most recent response I've gotten > is that they're investigating a possible fix. They had no idea this couldn't > even be done with VoiceOver. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:19 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode > > Hi everyone, I want to completely reinstall lion on my macbook air that came > preinstalled with it. I turned off disk encryption and was able to open the > recovery partition while booting by pressing command+r. The help document > states though that, ifyou want to reinstall, you have to be connected to the > internet. I am not sure if the computer is connected or how i can connect > because i cant read the status menu (command+2x m). I know my laptop is > normally connected to wifi but am not sure if these settings are stored on > the recovery disk as well. How can i check if the machine is connected and > connect it manually if it is not/ Or is it not needed after all if you just > want a standard reinstall? > Thanks in advance for any information, > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
