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Bootable USB Issues OS X 10.11
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<blockquote data-quote="jfkoz0822" data-source="post: 1845136" data-attributes="member: 404149"><p>Hey All, </p><p></p><p>Newbie here...</p><p></p><p>USE OF USB DRIVE </p><p>I have a mid 2010 iMac that just needed the HD wiped and a fresh install. I had a USB drive that I used to install 10.11 on it before - used this same drive. Wiped the HD, proceeded with the clean install. I got an error message that no packages were able to be installed. Restart and Repeated everything again, same result. </p><p></p><p>USING RECOVERY</p><p>so I restarted the Mac to get it to boot from the recovery partition - which it did. It Downloaded the install and then an error presented that it could not be installed. then I was in a boot loop that took me right back to that screen. reset the PRAM and retried the installation twice more - same thing. </p><p></p><p>now I decide to make a new USB drive - Used my 2012 MBP 10.13. </p><p>BTW you can download them directly from apple now via the guide on making a bootable usb.</p><p></p><p>Downloaded both Yosemite and El Capitan for good measure. </p><p></p><p>Started with El Capitan first. </p><p>Used the terminal code that apple provided on the guide. Made sure to check the file name was correct. </p><p>Drive gets made successfully.</p><p>Mac wouldn't boot from it. </p><p></p><p>Tried same process with disk maker for Yosemite. USB was also not bootable. </p><p></p><p>Any thoughts??</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Jay</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jfkoz0822, post: 1845136, member: 404149"] Hey All, Newbie here... USE OF USB DRIVE I have a mid 2010 iMac that just needed the HD wiped and a fresh install. I had a USB drive that I used to install 10.11 on it before - used this same drive. Wiped the HD, proceeded with the clean install. I got an error message that no packages were able to be installed. Restart and Repeated everything again, same result. USING RECOVERY so I restarted the Mac to get it to boot from the recovery partition - which it did. It Downloaded the install and then an error presented that it could not be installed. then I was in a boot loop that took me right back to that screen. reset the PRAM and retried the installation twice more - same thing. now I decide to make a new USB drive - Used my 2012 MBP 10.13. BTW you can download them directly from apple now via the guide on making a bootable usb. Downloaded both Yosemite and El Capitan for good measure. Started with El Capitan first. Used the terminal code that apple provided on the guide. Made sure to check the file name was correct. Drive gets made successfully. Mac wouldn't boot from it. Tried same process with disk maker for Yosemite. USB was also not bootable. Any thoughts?? Thanks, Jay [/QUOTE]
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