Cannot Install from the dvd :(

[amitabhbansal]

i have downloaded the mavericks from app store and created the dvd by disk utility of the image file OSX Install ESD. but when i boot the macbook or imac and keep pressing the OPTION key it doesnt show me the dvd to install the mavericks.
please help

 

[Steve121178]

Use a USB stick.

 

[amitabhbansal]

Use a USB stick.

why cant we create the dvd like before we did in SL, Mountain Lion? and is the dvd useless now which i have created?

 

[guitarman777]

why cant we create the dvd like before we did in SL, Mountain Lion? and is the dvd useless now which i have created?

That seems to be the case. Apple's been making a significant move away from the optical disc-based software model for a while now, figuring most people these days would prefer to use a constantly-reusable USB stick than trying to keep track of another disc. I have my recovery partition on a 16 GB Kingston USB stick on my keychain, I can still use the bulk of the USB stick as per usual since it's partitioned.

 

[tywebb13]

Cannot Install from the dvd

Yes you can. If you do it this way:

After downloading the Install OS X Mavericks.app file from the Mac App Store, run these 12 commands in Terminal to create a Mavericks.iso file and then burn it to a dual layer DVD with Disk Utility. You may then boot up from it by holding the option key down and then install mavericks. This will not install a recovery partition. To do that, uncompress and run the script file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13872235/Musings/Recovery%20Partition%20Creator%203.7.zip

hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app

hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Mavericks

hdiutil resize -size 8g /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

hdiutil attach /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build

rm /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/Packages

cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/

hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app

hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_build

hdiutil resize -size `hdiutil resize -limits /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`b /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

hdiutil convert /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage -format UDTO -o /tmp/Mavericks

rm /tmp/Mavericks.sparseimage

mv /tmp/Mavericks.cdr ~/Desktop/Mavericks.iso