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| Started by | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| First post | 2015-09-26 19:04 -0400 |
| Last post | 2015-10-04 18:52 -0400 |
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Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-26 19:04 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-09-27 03:05 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 02:09 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) android <here@there.was> - 2015-09-27 08:35 +0200
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 11:36 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) android <here@there.was> - 2015-09-27 17:46 +0200
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 11:47 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 11:58 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 12:00 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 13:57 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 14:00 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 15:14 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 14:24 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 19:49 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 15:58 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 16:30 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 15:36 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 16:45 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 20:53 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 17:06 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 21:39 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 20:52 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 17:43 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 17:44 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 22:08 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 18:12 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 22:55 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 18:28 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 23:07 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-27 20:30 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-09-27 18:56 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 01:28 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 01:27 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 23:27 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 23:12 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-27 18:30 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 00:28 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 05:28 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-28 00:29 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 02:32 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-28 10:56 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 12:21 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 12:10 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 16:35 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 12:40 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 18:26 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 15:08 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 19:28 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 19:30 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 22:30 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-28 22:32 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-29 02:43 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-29 02:42 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-28 14:20 -0500
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 15:33 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 21:51 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 22:34 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-29 02:46 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 23:33 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-29 04:15 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-28 01:50 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 18:43 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-09-27 17:47 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 01:22 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-28 00:37 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 16:46 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 16:45 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-09-27 17:14 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 01:12 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-09-27 20:42 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 03:49 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-30 21:28 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-30 21:58 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 08:09 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 16:55 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 12:02 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-03 18:10 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 12:18 -0600
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-03 22:23 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-04 08:56 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-04 16:06 +0000
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-04 18:47 -0400
Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-04 18:52 -0400
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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 01:50 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <280920150150415889%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| In reply to | #80881 |
In article <5608c1e2$0$34656$b1db1813$7968482@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > Out of curiosity, is a USB stick really faster than a DVD ? yes and by a lot
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| From | FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 18:43 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mu9rbc$9qi$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #80827 |
On 2015-09-27 22:08:32 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said: > On 2015-09-27, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2015-09-27 20:52:05 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said: >> >>> On 2015-09-27, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: >>>> On 15-09-27 15:49, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> >>>>> Huh?? Nothing prevents you from running software update after you do the >>>>> initial install. >>>> >>>> So if I understand right, the only way to create a minimal boot drive on >>>> Snow Leopard is to install from the installation media. No way to do so >>>> from a running system. Correct ? >>> >>> Huh?? That's exactly what SuperDuper and CCC do - clone an existing >>> system. >>> >>> Where do you get this stuff from? >> >> Every time I've created a bootable flash drive (and i've done it for >> every system upgrade), I've needed to do a clean install from the Apple >> installer. > > Are you saying you tried to clone your startup volume with SuperDuper or > CCC and it didn't work? > > 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. > >> It's a real pain in the ass because it takes a lot of time to actually >> boot into the flash drive, and install the recovery apps... but, once >> it's done, it's done - and it's functional. > > What recovery apps? Yep. More times than not, the flash drive refuses to boot... or boots half-way, and hangs. Something with my machine, maybe... but it's worked once, or twice. It's worked every time when I use the installer - so I stopped even trying it. I throw on Diskwarrior 5, Onyx, SuperDuper, Malwarebytes, ClamXav, and Memtest, to name a few. -- "To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable." -Barry Goldwater
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| From | nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 17:47 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <1mbf4ry.1iaocbu158ydmoN%nmassello@yahoo.com> |
| In reply to | #80827 |
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> 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. Have you actually done this recently? That method worked for 10.7 and 10.8, but not for more recent versions. <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/>
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 01:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d6rj3iFa0heU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #80842 |
Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> 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. > > Have you actually done this recently? That method worked for 10.7 and > 10.8, but not for more recent versions. > > <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/> Yeah, thanks for reminding me. I've done it a bunch of times. I've got a Yosemite installer USB stick sitting right here. I just forgot. It's still as simple as running a command-line utility: sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction Anyhow, the OP is asking about 10.6 in particular. -- Sent from my iPhone
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 00:37 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <5608c3fe$0$24058$c3e8da3$460562f1@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #80842 |
On 15-09-27 19:47, Neill Massello wrote: > <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/> > Thanks. So there is a utility inside the .app to populate the target bootable disk. The referenced file (createinstallmedia is present in the Yosemite installation app I guess I am all set to create minimal yosemite boot that allows me to copy to the new drives I have ordered (once received :-). I hope I remember how to reboot. I do that so seldom :-)
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 16:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d6qkqkF2b10U5@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #80778 |
On 2015-09-27, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > On 15-09-27 02:35, android wrote: > >> Why not use Carbon Copy Cloner and clone the basic system to some >> bootable media? > > 1= To do a proper cloning of system disk, you need to boot from > alternate media to ensure files on system disk aren't changed. (I know > this is pedantic). So that still leaves me with how to boot from > alternate media so the system disk is unused ? > > 2= my system disk has a lot of data on it that isn't "system" files. I > don't want to back that up for an "emergency basic boot" that lets me > run disk utility. You are overcomplicating things. Install OS X on the USB stick, then install whatever additional stuff you want on it. Done deal. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 16:45 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d6qkp3F2b10U4@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #80762 |
On 2015-09-27, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > On 15-09-26 23:05, Király wrote: > >> I don't think anything exists like that anymore. I used BootCD for this >> years ago when I was running early versions of OS X. That app never >> even made it to 10.4. >> >> Why don't you just use a USB thumb drive? > > I could. But the question is how do I populate it ? Easy. You install OS X on it, and then boot on it and install whatever third-party applications you want. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 17:14 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <1mbf11k.137r7m26y19xcN%nmassello@yahoo.com> |
| In reply to | #80746 |
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > Which Utility allows me to create a bootable DVD that contains only > basic utilities like Disk Util ? (Remember, this is Snow Leopard). > basically, create the equivalent of the recovery partition on later > versions ? Not (AFAIK) for Snow Leopard or anything later. BootCD stopped working after 10.3. <http://www.charlessoft.com> In the current environment of cheap USB sticks, there's little developer interest in doing the work necessary to get things to run from read-only media. The closest thing these days is Alsoft's DiskWarrior, which adds DW to an Apple Recovery Disk that can run from a 4GB USB stick. If you want a customizable utility drive, I suggest you bite the bullet and install 10.6 on a USB stick, then add your chosen utilities to it. I don't know how much space the 10.6 installer wants, but I know that the 10.9 and later installers need more than an 8GB stick. After installation, you can delete the porkier default items, such as /Library/Fonts and /Library/Dictionaries, that aren't needed on a minimal utility drive.
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 01:12 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d6rigrF9scmU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #80839 |
Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't know how much space the 10.6 installer wants, but I know that the > 10.9 and later installers need more than an 8GB stick. Nah. I've got a Ypsemite (10.10) installer on a 8GB stick right here. -- Sent from my iPhone
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| From | nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) |
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| Date | 2015-09-27 20:42 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <1mbfcpz.199xq191423w2N%nmassello@yahoo.com> |
| In reply to | #80853 |
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > I've got a Ypsemite (10.10) installer on a 8GB stick right here. For a bootable installer, yes; but the installer won't even try to put a full working system on an 8GB stick. A stripped-down system will fit in 8GB, but a fresh system installation won't.
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 03:49 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d6rrmgFbdg0U7@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #80859 |
On 2015-09-28, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> I've got a Ypsemite (10.10) installer on a 8GB stick right here. > > For a bootable installer, yes; but the installer won't even try to put a > full working system on an 8GB stick. A stripped-down system will fit in > 8GB, but a fresh system installation won't. Oh, right. Yeah. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 21:28 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <560c8c3a$0$7237$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #80746 |
I have succesfully created the USB stick with the "OS X Base System.dmg" (from the OS X InstalESD.dmg insude the Shared folder that is inside the Install Yosemite.app. I succesfully booted from it. Gives the minila boot environment I was looking for. I succesfully used Disk Util in that environment to copy my Snow Leopard system disk and use files to a backup drive. (took 4 hours while my mac was unusable :-( Now, I can tempt fate and upgrade to Yosemite as I hacve a backup drive with Snow Leopard I can boot from for the stuff I will miss. I am still waiting for suggestions for a good News client to replace MT NewsWatcher for binaries (I use Thunderbird for text newsgroups).
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 21:58 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <560c9322$0$31269$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #81220 |
In the process of installing Yosemite. The interface shows: 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec So far, the istallation seems semf-contained from within the .app file. I recall when I upgraded my laptop the download from the App Store didn't take long but the installation took forever so I had figured that it was drawing much data from Apple servers as it proceeded. But so far, this appears to be wrong. Is it possible that when you initially download the .app from the App Store that it is not populated with Yosemite and when you run it, it draws data from Apple servers to populate itself with the big files and once done, those big files stay in ? BTW, what is the best trick to label a USB stick ? (that was advantage of DVD drives).
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| From | "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-01 08:09 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <agisaak-F00A3F.08095901102015@shawnews> |
| In reply to | #81220 |
In article <560c8c3a$0$7237$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > Now, I can tempt fate and upgrade to Yosemite as I hacve a backup drive > with Snow Leopard I can boot from for the stuff I will miss. > > I am still waiting for suggestions for a good News client to replace MT > NewsWatcher for binaries (I use Thunderbird for text newsgroups). Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue to use newswatcher. Andre
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-01 16:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #81270 |
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > > Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue > to use newswatcher. Which VM are you using? -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 12:02 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <agisaak-21F20B.12021903102015@shawnews> |
| In reply to | #81284 |
In article <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue > > to use newswatcher. > > Which VM are you using? Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 Server (Guest OS). Andre
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 18:10 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d7ak1cF3aq3U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #81429 |
On 2015-10-03, Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue >> > to use newswatcher. >> >> Which VM are you using? > > Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 > Server (Guest OS). Ah. Server, ok. I have 10.6 *client* running in VirtualBox, but it's quite buggy. For instance if I allow software updates, it refuses to boot properly afterwards. I may bite the bullet some time and pay for Server. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 12:18 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <agisaak-F3E5A9.12184503102015@shawnews> |
| In reply to | #81430 |
In article <d7ak1cF3aq3U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > On 2015-10-03, Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > > In article <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > >> Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue > >> > to use newswatcher. > >> > >> Which VM are you using? > > > > Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 > > Server (Guest OS). > > Ah. Server, ok. I have 10.6 *client* running in VirtualBox, but it's > quite buggy. For instance if I allow software updates, it refuses to > boot properly afterwards. I may bite the bullet some time and pay for > Server. Considering that the server version is only around $20.00, I'd say that it's worth biting the bullet rather than dealing with the various hacks needed to get the client to run (I've not used VirtualBox so I don't what's involved there). Andre
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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 22:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d7b2rgF715uU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #81432 |
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <d7ak1cF3aq3U1@mid.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 2015-10-03, Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >>> In article <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net>, >>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue >>>>> to use newswatcher. >>>> >>>> Which VM are you using? >>> >>> Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 >>> Server (Guest OS). >> >> Ah. Server, ok. I have 10.6 *client* running in VirtualBox, but it's >> quite buggy. For instance if I allow software updates, it refuses to >> boot properly afterwards. I may bite the bullet some time and pay for >> Server. > > Considering that the server version is only around $20.00, I'd say that > it's worth biting the bullet rather than dealing with the various hacks > needed to get the client to run (I've not used VirtualBox so I don't > what's involved there). Yeah. I'll buy it next time I really need a 10.6 install for something. VirtualBox didn't require any trickery, but it's rather buggy. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-10-04 08:56 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <joednUm7-NVovIzLnZ2dnUU7-KudnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #81438 |
On 2015-10-03 18:23, Jolly Roger wrote: > Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >> In article <d7ak1cF3aq3U1@mid.individual.net>, >> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2015-10-03, Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> In article <d756rdFn72mU1@mid.individual.net>, >>>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue >>>>>> to use newswatcher. >>>>> >>>>> Which VM are you using? >>>> >>>> Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 >>>> Server (Guest OS). >>> >>> Ah. Server, ok. I have 10.6 *client* running in VirtualBox, but it's >>> quite buggy. For instance if I allow software updates, it refuses to >>> boot properly afterwards. I may bite the bullet some time and pay for >>> Server. >> >> Considering that the server version is only around $20.00, I'd say that >> it's worth biting the bullet rather than dealing with the various hacks >> needed to get the client to run (I've not used VirtualBox so I don't >> what's involved there). > > Yeah. I'll buy it next time I really need a 10.6 install for something. > > VirtualBox didn't require any trickery, but it's rather buggy. It's also, per benchmarks, the slowest of the VM managers. I'd rather pay for something that's well maintained even if it costs me about $60 every 3 - 4 years. Parallels has been ranked fastest in most respects for the last 5 years or so. But I've been using VMWare Fusion for longer than that so I stick to it.
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