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: 28 Sep 2015 01:27:59 GMT Lines: 36 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> <56088a40$0$64462$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OP+yPr5MQsGHnt8rB5ErawpNCJjHJLKC5AIp8CeNtNGYaNiEmh Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:UPODaNSWtF9ARp33asRQWwHd33Y= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:80855 JF Mezei wrote: > On 15-09-27 19:07, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> 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. > > The Yosemite installer, the ".app" is a very small file. Not before the first run, it isn't. That's why you have to do this from a pristine copy freshly downloaded without running it. > I managed to keep the .app but not the temp > files downloaded during the insall (since you have no access to the > system during the install). You need to archive it before you run it. >> 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). > > Looks like it is the only/best solution. Was curious why there was no > way to build a "recovery" disk on Snow Leopard since there wasn't a > recovery partition. OS X 10.6 had no such thing - recovery partitions came in later versions of OS X. > With Yosemite and later, is there a way to create only a recovery > partition ? (for instance on a data disk so you could boot from that one > should the system disk totally fail ?) Probably, but I've never been interested in that since the installer on a USB stick works fine for my needs. -- Sent from my iPhone