Oops, from what I remember the installer is straight forward. I know with snow leopard you have customizations in the installer. can't fully remember if this is so with lion. need to confirm that.
lew On 8 Mar 2012, at 12:09, Hayri Tulumcu wrote: > How do you customise the installation of lion? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. L. Alexander" > <freemacsforthebl...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:05 AM > Subject: Re: installing lion > > > yep. > > do you still have the installer? if so, bring up the contextual menu (VO > Shift M) and go to show package contents. From there you need to find the > InstallESD.DMG file (can't exactly remember where it's located), now open it > so it mounts to the desktop, insert a blank DVD and when finder asks you what > to do, run disk utility from the dialogue box. > > from here it's a simple burn the install DMG contents to the DVD. > > after this has happened, reboot the mac with the DVD still in and hold down > the C key. give it a min or two and then Command F5 for voiceover, > > the next step for the clean install (I advise before doing anything else > including these previous steps is a data backup of essential files you want > to keep to a pen or external drive, etc) when you've agreed to terms, etc, go > to the tools menu and launch disk utility. go to the hard drive and erase it. > YYou can either do a quick erase or any of the secure erase functions. (it's > at this point I advise not having any other external drives connected such as > pen drives or external hard drives, otherwise you might accidentally select > the wrong drive.) > > erase the drive, when completed, quit disk utility and continue with the > installation. you can with Voiceover, customise the installation, etc before > the install starts, this includes apps, languages, etc. If memory serves me > right, the install starts with downloading some necessary files not included > in the installer so ensure you have a working internet connection for this. > > after this, the install goes on and will finish, as long as voiceover is > running, you're fine. > > good luck and have fun. if you need further help, let us know. > > lew > > On 8 Mar 2012, at 00:05, joseph wrote: > >> hello list >> >> i upgraded to lion when it was introduced. now i need to make a clean >> install. >> >> can anyone therefore, provide instructions? >> >> thank you in advance. >> >> best >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
