Re: Very basic need, very difficult to achieve.
Re: Very basic need, very difficult to achieve.
- Subject: Re: Very basic need, very difficult to achieve.
- From: Sandor Szatmari <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 07:41:40 -0400
Glad you got it to work. I have seen the installer 'could not be verified' before. The only time I saw that was after using command line copy (cp) to copy the installer app. But except for that one experience, using createmediainstaller has worked well. I also copy the installer to someplace outside /Applications like Phil (sqwarqDev) suggested before letting it run. Basically the installer app that I archive is a pristine, never been run, download. And then I make USB sticks directly off of those archived apps.
Sandor
> On May 4, 2016, at 01:33, Graham Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 3 May 2016, at 8:28 PM, Graham Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> So probably a redownload isn’t going to help, but I’m doing it anyway.
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> Success! Finally.
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> I created a new bootable installer using createinstallmedia and a fresh Mavericks download. I did the Pacific Daylight Time change just in case (though it sounds like voodoo, I’m prepared to believe anything at this point…)
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> I was able to install from that disk without further problems and now have a working Mavericks OS.
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> What didn’t work was trying to use the InstallESD.dmg directly. Creating a copy of it using DU/Restore worked, but it only created a pure copy of the disk image. That image was not bootable, and I was unable to make it so using createinstallmedia nor the Ars instructions (which apply to earlier versions of the OS anyway). It looks like the InstallESD approach is defunct from 10.9, though there may be something I’m missing.
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> Thanks to everyone for their help.
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> It certainly shows that upgrading as new versions of the OS are released should not be done without a great deal of thought. Leson learned.
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> —Graham
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