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Problem installing Snow Leopard from disk?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1548495"><p>OSX Install ESD is the name of a logical drive. Based on your first post, I suspect that the failed installation left these two logical drives in place on the system. The reason you could not eject the OSX Install ESD is most likely that you booted from that logical drive, so you can't eject it, it's required for the OS to run. It's not a CD, it's a disk image. If you are a windows guy, it's like an ISO image of a drive, you can mount it, run from it, etc, but it doesn't have a physical reality. The OSX Base System is the set of installer files, also on a logical drive. You said it was Mavericks after installation. Mavericks is version 10.9. Is that what you saw in About This Mac after rebooting after the install? If so, you are done installing the OS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1548495"] OSX Install ESD is the name of a logical drive. Based on your first post, I suspect that the failed installation left these two logical drives in place on the system. The reason you could not eject the OSX Install ESD is most likely that you booted from that logical drive, so you can't eject it, it's required for the OS to run. It's not a CD, it's a disk image. If you are a windows guy, it's like an ISO image of a drive, you can mount it, run from it, etc, but it doesn't have a physical reality. The OSX Base System is the set of installer files, also on a logical drive. You said it was Mavericks after installation. Mavericks is version 10.9. Is that what you saw in About This Mac after rebooting after the install? If so, you are done installing the OS. [/QUOTE]
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