So I bought a new iMac.
I had this great idea to create a small partition on the drive and restore my previous mac there (so I could access everything that was there) and then do a new install on the main portion of the drive.
I was able to make the partition and install my old system on it. It works fine, but seems a tad slow.
I restarted, holding down command-R. It booted fine. When I tried to install Sierra on the other partition, it says "To download and restore macOS your computer's eligibility will be verified with Apple." When I click continue nothing happens.
So what do I need to do?
[doublepost=1508550853][/doublepost]Well, it looks like i needed to sign in to wifi so it could check with Apple. It is doing that now.
I had this great idea to create a small partition on the drive and restore my previous mac there (so I could access everything that was there) and then do a new install on the main portion of the drive.
I was able to make the partition and install my old system on it. It works fine, but seems a tad slow.
I restarted, holding down command-R. It booted fine. When I tried to install Sierra on the other partition, it says "To download and restore macOS your computer's eligibility will be verified with Apple." When I click continue nothing happens.
So what do I need to do?
[doublepost=1508550853][/doublepost]Well, it looks like i needed to sign in to wifi so it could check with Apple. It is doing that now.
