How to make a USB Stick OS X Recovery

[deafgoose]

I am racking my brain trying to figure out what files are needed on a USB stick to allow me to install a fresh copy of Lion on my 2010 MBA.

Using the disk utility I formatted the USB stick "Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and created GUID Partition table so that it would be bootable. I copied all the files from the Lion image onto the stick with no luck.

This is how my stick looks:

 

[deafgoose]

Another thing that blew me away is when I insert the Apple USB disk that was included with my MBA, the disk utility thinks its a 8GB DVD?

Can I erase the Snow Leopard install on that stick and replace it with Lion?

 

[mfram]

That's not quite the proper way to do it. Google the Internets. There's a good page on MacWorld that describes the steps.

 

[deafgoose]

http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html

 

[waynep]

Why not just use this?? http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433

 

[deafgoose]

Why not just use this?? http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433

Because my copy of lion is illegal.

 

[old-wiz]

Because my copy of lion is illegal.

Helping with piracy is against the rules of this forum.

 

[maflynn]

Because my copy of lion is illegal.

And with that, this thread is closed