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Problems creating a Mavericks bootable USB disk in Snow Leopard
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1545642" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>First you don't have to unhide files to see that file. Just do what they say below and the hidden file will mount in Disk Utility and you are good to go. After you run the restore part with that file in Disk Utility, do the rest in the Mac World article and copy that one folder.</p><p></p><p><strong>The file you want to get to is actually another disk image inside OS X Install ESD called BaseSystem.dmg. Unfortunately, BaseSystem.dmg is invisible, and because this is a read-only volume, you can’t make BaseSystem.dmg visible. Instead, you’ll mount it using Terminal, which makes it visible in Disk Utility. Open the Terminal app (in /Application/Utilities), and then type open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg and press Return.</strong></p><p><strong>Launch Disk Utility (in /Applications/Utilities). You'll see both InstallESD.dmg (with its mounted volume, OS X Install ESD, below it) and BaseSystem.dmg (with its mounted volume, OS X Base System, below it) in the volumes list on the left.</strong></p><p><strong>Select BaseSystem.dmg (not OS X Base System) in Disk Utility’s sidebar, and then click the Restore button in the main part of the window.</strong></p><p><strong>Drag the BaseSystem.dmg icon into the Source field on the right (if it isn’t already there).</strong></p><p></p><p>Also one other warning. SOME Sandisk USB sticks I have had a small bootable partition for their included software. If that is there the OSX installer will never boot. You need a utility from SanDisk to remove that partition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1545642, member: 8287"] First you don't have to unhide files to see that file. Just do what they say below and the hidden file will mount in Disk Utility and you are good to go. After you run the restore part with that file in Disk Utility, do the rest in the Mac World article and copy that one folder. [b]The file you want to get to is actually another disk image inside OS X Install ESD called BaseSystem.dmg. Unfortunately, BaseSystem.dmg is invisible, and because this is a read-only volume, you can’t make BaseSystem.dmg visible. Instead, you’ll mount it using Terminal, which makes it visible in Disk Utility. Open the Terminal app (in /Application/Utilities), and then type open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg and press Return. Launch Disk Utility (in /Applications/Utilities). You'll see both InstallESD.dmg (with its mounted volume, OS X Install ESD, below it) and BaseSystem.dmg (with its mounted volume, OS X Base System, below it) in the volumes list on the left. Select BaseSystem.dmg (not OS X Base System) in Disk Utility’s sidebar, and then click the Restore button in the main part of the window. Drag the BaseSystem.dmg icon into the Source field on the right (if it isn’t already there).[/b] Also one other warning. SOME Sandisk USB sticks I have had a small bootable partition for their included software. If that is there the OSX installer will never boot. You need a utility from SanDisk to remove that partition. [/QUOTE]
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