And how do you tell the computer to boot from the flash drive? I know the CD is the c key, but I can't remember how to start on the flash drive.
Friendly, Chris On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: > Hi: > > Both CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) and Super Duper (from Shirt Pocket > Software) will handle this for you. I successfully created a bootable > flash drive with both my original OS X Snow Leopard disc and the Lion > install image. > > Super Duper worked like a champ. > > On 8/7/11, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: >> I simply accomplished this task by using CCC instead of disk utility, >> that is much easier and it yielded same result in the end, a bootable >> flash drive. >> Original message: >>> Here's how to get around the issue, click the restore tab, then in the >>> list of disks, control click the flash drive and choose set as >>> destination. You need to move the mouse to the item, and control click >>> it, doing VO shift m won't work, which is probably a bug in disk >>> utility. Once that's done, select the disk image for the source in the >>> usual way >>> On Aug 6, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >>>> Hello everybody. >>>> Did we ever end up solving the VO dragging and dropping of the flash >>>> drive on the the destination field in disc utility? I'm trying to make >>>> a Lion drive right now and am having this issue. >>>> Thanks all. >> >>>> On 2011-07-24, at 6:00 PM, Dan wrote: >> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I followed the instructions in Disc utility and as far as the drag and >>>>> drop, I got as far as setting the drive to be drug, but it never >>>>> completed the drag. Then once I got it to complete, but then it became >>>>> the source destination. >>>>> This whole drag and drop thing is really iffy at best. >>>>> I have Lion on a DVD, but for what ever reason, I am totally unable to >>>>> get the dmg file to properly be placed on the flash drive. I have never >>>>> had any problem with dealing with image files and using disk utility. >>>>> Does any one have any suggestions for doing the whole process of >>>>> putting the install dmg file on the flash drive as a bootable drive, I >>>>> don't mean the part about creating the partition and stuff, I mean the >>>>> restore part, it just isn't working at all. So again, instructions for >>>>> VO only would be appreciated. >>>>> Thanks, >> >> >> >>>>> Dan >> >>>>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Courtney Currant wrote: >> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I partitioned a 32 gb flash drive, then I went to the restore tab in >>>>>> disc utility. I chose the .dmg file as my source, but how can I choose >>>>>> my destination as the flash drive? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Courtney >>>>>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 5:53 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >>>>>>> Hi Teresa and list, >> >>>>>>> Am 24.07.2011 um 08:03 schrieb Teresa Cochran: >> >>>>>>>> I saw a few questions on this list about this, so I looked it up. >>>>>>>> Here's a link. Note that it's geared more toward sighted users, but >>>>>>>> basically it involves taking the .dmg file and working with it in >>>>>>>> Disc Utility. >>>>>>>> http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-make-your-own-os-x-lion-bootable-usb-flash-drive-tutorial/ >> >>>>>>> Quite interesting. The only issue: There is no Lion file in my >>>>>>> application folder. 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