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  Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-20 17:32 -0400
    Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2012-08-20 16:48 -0600
    Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-20 22:55 +0000
      Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-20 23:10 -0400
        Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-21 04:15 +0000
          Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-21 05:17 -0400
            Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-21 14:29 +0000
              Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-22 05:43 +0000
        Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-24 13:49 -0400
    Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2012-08-25 06:06 -0600
      Re: Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-25 12:05 -0400

#29786 — Bootable Flash Drive for 10.7 problems

As per 
http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-A-Bootable-Flash-Drive-With-Os-X-Lion-Installer.htm
  I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive. 
Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a 
couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the 
end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate 
memory  error message .

The author of the how to article says (about the flash drive)

8 GB USB flash drive. You can use a larger drive if you wish, but more 
important than the size of the flash drive is its speed. If you're 
buying a new flash drive just for Lion, I recommend buying one of the 
fastest available. While slow (read: inexpensive) flash drives will work 
fine, you'll find that both the time it takes to create the bootable 
flash copy of the OS X Lion installer, and the time it takes to install 
Lion on a target drive, will be somewhat long.

I'm wondering if my problem means that the PNY is crap or if my problem 
is elsewhere.  I can't seem to find specs about the flash drive.  I know 
from when I was buying Micro SD chips they have a rating - class numbers 
between 1 and 10 - indicating write speeds, but I can't seem to find 
similar numbers for flash sticks.

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#29791

M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive. 
> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a 
> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the
> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate
> memory  error message .

"As of version 10.7.4 of the Lion installer, and continuing with the
Mountain Lion installer, you must use the mounted Mac OS X Install ESD
volume or you'll get an error at the end of the restore procedure, and
the newly created bootable drive may not function properly." 

<http://www.macworld.com/article/1167857/how_to_make_a_bootable_mountain
_lion_install_drive.html>

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#29795

In message <k0uadp$hiu$1@dont-email.me> 
  M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> As per 
> http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-A-Bootable-Flash-Drive-With-Os-X-Lion-Installer.htm
>   I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive. 
> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a 
> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the 
> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate 
> memory  error message .

Were you able to reformat the USB thumb drive as GUID successfully?

> I'm wondering if my problem means that the PNY is crap or if my problem 
> is elsewhere.

Quite possible it's the thumb drive. I have had cheap thumb drives that
I can't use to boot with.

-- 
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's
too dark to read.

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#29815

On 8/20/12 6:55 PM, Lewis wrote:
> In message <k0uadp$hiu$1@dont-email.me>
>    M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> As per
>> http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-A-Bootable-Flash-Drive-With-Os-X-Lion-Installer.htm
>>    I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive.
>> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a
>> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the
>> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate
>> memory  error message .
>
> Were you able to reformat the USB thumb drive as GUID successfully?
>
>> I'm wondering if my problem means that the PNY is crap or if my problem
>> is elsewhere.
>
> Quite possible it's the thumb drive. I have had cheap thumb drives that
> I can't use to boot with.
>
The problem was indeed during reformat in DU.  I had noticed something 
but didn't read it.  When I went back and went through the partition 
step again I saw the note

This partition will not be modified.
Size: 7.75 GB
Available space: 2.35 GB

Don't know why this is happening but I'm thinking I should probably just 
return it.  Unless someone has an idea of what's going on and how to 
correct it.  Thanks

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#29817

M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Don't know why this is happening but I'm thinking I should probably just 
> return it.  Unless someone has an idea of what's going on and how to 
> correct it.  Thanks

Does your Mac have a DVD drive? If so, and you have a blank DVD lying 
around; this worked for me and is cheaper than even the cheapest USB 
thumb drive:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120727121953498

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#29821

On 8/21/12 12:15 AM, Király wrote:
> M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Don't know why this is happening but I'm thinking I should probably just
>> return it.  Unless someone has an idea of what's going on and how to
>> correct it.  Thanks
>
> Does your Mac have a DVD drive? If so, and you have a blank DVD lying
> around; this worked for me and is cheaper than even the cheapest USB
> thumb drive:
>
> http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120727121953498
>
Thanks, I was going to give this a try but first wanted to get the flash 
drive thing working.  I think I heard that the DVD bootable installer is 
a lot slower than a memory stick.

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#29826

In message <k0vjmc$ing$1@dont-email.me> 
  M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 8/21/12 12:15 AM, Király wrote:
>> M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> Don't know why this is happening but I'm thinking I should probably just
>>> return it.  Unless someone has an idea of what's going on and how to
>>> correct it.  Thanks
>>
>> Does your Mac have a DVD drive? If so, and you have a blank DVD lying
>> around; this worked for me and is cheaper than even the cheapest USB
>> thumb drive:
>>
>> http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120727121953498
>>
> Thanks, I was going to give this a try but first wanted to get the flash 
> drive thing working.  I think I heard that the DVD bootable installer is 
> a lot slower than a memory stick.

A friend of mine just booted his Mac with a 10.7 DVD yesterday and
complained it took 5:37 to get to the first screen. He was about to
force a restart thinking it had crashed.

-- 
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to
anger.

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#29892

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> A friend of mine just booted his Mac with a 10.7 DVD yesterday and
> complained it took 5:37 to get to the first screen. He was about to
> force a restart thinking it had crashed.

5 minutes is not a lot of extra time to wait for a procedure that will 
be done what - once or twice, if ever? Add in the 30 minutes of time you 
will save by not having to go down to the store to buy a thumb drive 
and you have a net time savings.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#29984

On 8/20/12 11:10 PM, M. John Matlaw wrote:
> On 8/20/12 6:55 PM, Lewis wrote:
>> In message <k0uadp$hiu$1@dont-email.me>
>>    M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> As per
>>> http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-A-Bootable-Flash-Drive-With-Os-X-Lion-Installer.htm
>>>
>>>    I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive.
>>> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a
>>> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the
>>> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate
>>> memory  error message .
>>
>> Were you able to reformat the USB thumb drive as GUID successfully?
>>
>>> I'm wondering if my problem means that the PNY is crap or if my problem
>>> is elsewhere.
>>
>> Quite possible it's the thumb drive. I have had cheap thumb drives that
>> I can't use to boot with.
>>
> The problem was indeed during reformat in DU.  I had noticed something
> but didn't read it.  When I went back and went through the partition
> step again I saw the note
>
> This partition will not be modified.
> Size: 7.75 GB
> Available space: 2.35 GB
>
> Don't know why this is happening but I'm thinking I should probably just
> return it.  Unless someone has an idea of what's going on and how to
> correct it.  Thanks
Further and more confusing developments.  Returned the flash drives to 
Staple's.  Picked up a Sony Microvault (8 gb).  Same problem.  Tried it 
out on my mbp 4,1 running 10.7.4.  No problem.  Back to the original 
MacMini 3,1 running 10.6.8.  Took it from the start.  Same problem. 
Tried it using DU on a partition of a drive attached to the MacMini 
that's running 10.7.4.  No problem.  Booted back to the internal drive 
on the MacMini, flash drive looks fine.  Proceeded with the instructions 
from the above mentioned create-a-bootable-flash-drive... site.  Made a 
copy of the .dmg file and put it on the desktop.  Fired up DU.  The 
flash drive still looks fine but the InstallESD.dmg file isn't showing 
up on the device list.

So now I've got two problems and one work around.  I'd still like to 
know why the MacMini running 10.6.8 has a problem partitioning the drive 
though it doesn't seem to have a problem with it if it's been 
partitioned on another system.
And what's going on with the .dmg file not showing up in DU.
I'm getting more and more confused and frustrated.  Any suggestions?

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#30004

M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>   I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive.
> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a 
> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the
> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate
> memory  error message .

I got the same error when I tried to create a bootable installer for
10.8 on an 8GB SanDisk Cruzer USB flash drive (using Disk Utility in
10.7.4 on a MacPro4,1). I finally gave up on DU and used Lion DiskMaker,
which worked perfectly. 

<http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/>

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#30016

On 8/25/12 8:06 AM, Neill Massello wrote:
> M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>    I'm trying to create a bootable installer for 10.7 on a flash drive.
>> Staple's had a PNY 8gb Attache flash drive on sale and I picked up a
>> couple of them.  Got as far as the restore instruction in DU but at the
>> end there's a   Restore Failure   Could not restore - Cannot allocate
>> memory  error message .
>
> I got the same error when I tried to create a bootable installer for
> 10.8 on an 8GB SanDisk Cruzer USB flash drive (using Disk Utility in
> 10.7.4 on a MacPro4,1). I finally gave up on DU and used Lion DiskMaker,
> which worked perfectly.
>
> <http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/>
>
Thanks for the link.  If I get too frustrated maybe I'll give it a try.

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