Clean install not actually a clean install.

[xfusejc]

Went through the process. Added a 8GB partition to my HDD, made a bootable Mavericks installation on it, restarted, pressed Option and chose the installer. Chose the option (I think it was the first option, might have been the second one) to do a "clean install" of Mavericks. It took the whole 45 minutes or so and when it restarted, it had upgraded, not started anew.

Is there something else I need to choose while at that menu? Maybe open the HDD in Disk Utility and erasing it? I figured just doing an install from there would provide a clean install, as I'd rather not do it as an upgrade.

Any help would be great!

 

[AppliedMicro]

Maybe open the HDD in Disk Utility and erasing it?

This.

Has been this way since... 10.6, I think? The installer does upgrade installations by default. I think it's a good default, preventing the less OS-X-savvy from accidentally deleting anything.

 

[xfusejc]

This.

Has been this way since... 10.6, I think? The installer does upgrade installations by default. I think it's a good default, preventing the less OS-X-savvy from accidentally deleting anything.

Darn. I should have known.

Alright. Thanks.