Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail

From	bje@ripco.com
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail
Date	2020-11-29 13:38 +0000
Organization	Ripco Communications Inc.
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

> So, plugged in the ostensibly bootable installer that I made (external 
> flash) and ... nothing.  Didn't see it (booted "alt").
> 
> Booted into recovery: Disk utility still sees the installer.

That's because on those machines the USB ports aren't active at that point.

You'll need to do an network install.

I dunno if it was the same model but it took me quite a while to figure that
out, even did up a hard drive with the installer thinking the usb stick was
too advanced or something.

So you'll have to network install the os then later on it'll give the option
to use a TM backup to restore. Or start from scratch, your call.

The thing is, part 2, the network install didn't work either, it started but
kept coming up with "OSX cannot be installed on this computer".

That took another shitload of time to find out it's the ssl cert they use to
see if the image is fresh or expired. Unless they updated all of those
recently, if you hit that error, shut off the wifi and disconnect the
ethernet. On that screen with the message, you can pull down "terminal" from
the menu bar and using the date command, set it to something like Jan 1 2018
(might be 2016) then exit terminal.

I think as soon as you exit, it'll pick up where it left off and install
whatever it's supposed to. Either that or quit the installer and do it all
over again, sans the wifi and ethernet. 

I dunno what model you have but it sounds like all the same landmines I
landed on.

Those are the worst designed machines you can deal with. Terrible job from
the engineering group. Fuck heads.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

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Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-28 16:15 -0500
  Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-28 16:30 -0500
  Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-29 01:33 +0000
    Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-28 20:39 -0500
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        Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-29 09:50 -0500
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  Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail bje@ripco.com - 2020-11-29 13:38 +0000
    Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-11-29 08:56 -0500
    Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-29 09:54 -0500
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                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-30 13:39 +0000
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                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2020-12-01 04:57 -0500
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                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-12-03 05:45 +0000
                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2020-12-03 23:34 -0500
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          Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail bje@ripco.com - 2020-11-29 16:22 +0000
            Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-29 11:41 -0500
              Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-11-29 14:02 -0500
                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-29 14:27 -0500
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                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail bje@ripco.com - 2020-11-30 12:03 +0000
                Re: Late 20112 - SSD install - fail Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-30 11:34 -0500

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