Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Date: 27 Sep 2015 23:07:11 GMT Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <5607248c$0$16450$b1db1813$e2fc9064@news.astraweb.com> <56078806$0$2993$c3e8da3$f6268168@news.astraweb.com> <56080ce6$0$15592$c3e8da3$9deca2c3@news.astraweb.com> <56081212$0$27801$b1db1813$145976f0@news.astraweb.com> <56082e21$0$2966$c3e8da3$f6268168@news.astraweb.com> <56084a51$0$65425$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <56086d97$0$27689$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 642s9LdJZIvMVGBD+3Kq1wvlxHuntnkjr0RAy/PlCg+kgDrw47 Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:3+WrpdffMxZ8oqV9SRxANwZM/U8= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:80837 JF Mezei wrote: > On 15-09-27 18:08, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> If I want an installer USB stick, I just use Disk Utility to restore the >> InstallESD.dmg disk image (contained in the installer package >> Contents/SharedSupport directory) to the USB stick. It's simple and >> fast, and you end up with a bootable installer. > > I looked inside the "Install OS X Yosemite.App" and there is no such > content/file. I have to assume that it is pulled from the net as you do > the installation. (and I want that file before I do installation, > obviously). The installer deletes the disk image during installation. So you need a pristine (never used) copy of the installer package. > This is from my laptop's old drive, (Yosemite installed). Would this > file be contained elsewhere on the system drive ? Not that I know of. You'll need to re-download the installer from the App Store. I archive zipped copies of my installers in case I need them later. > While for this exercise I can use the DVD, I want to learn how to do it > because if the hard disk fails, both the data and the recovery partition > are gone, so I do want a recovery boot on separate media. I think for 10.6 you're stuck with using the DVD, or a disk image of the DVD (which is what I typically use). -- Sent from my iPhone