Lion Install Error

Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by Fuith, Jul 20, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Fuith, Jul 20, 2011

    Fuith macrumors member

    Joined:
    May 5, 2011
    Location:
    Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
    #1
    Hi guys, I'm trying to update from SL to Lion on my 2011 iMac. I get to the bit where it asks which hard drive I want to install to but Macintosh HD is greyed out and under it is 'This disk cannot be used to start up your computer'. Any help is much appreciated.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. And1ss, Jul 20, 2011

    And1ss macrumors 6502a

    And1ss

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2009
    #2
    check to see if your SL is 10.6.8
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. voyagerd, Jul 20, 2011

    voyagerd macrumors 65816

    voyagerd

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2002
    Location:
    Rancho Cordova, CA
    #3
    I'm getting this too. I'm going to create a small partition on my drive and restore the Lion disc image onto that and then boot up and install from there.

    Try opening System Preferences and selecting your drive under Startup Disk and reboot from there and try again if you haven't already.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. And1ss, Jul 20, 2011

    And1ss macrumors 6502a

    And1ss

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2009
    #4
    Question, why aren't you just launching lion from Applications?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. voyagerd, Jul 20, 2011

    voyagerd macrumors 65816

    voyagerd

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2002
    Location:
    Rancho Cordova, CA
    #5
    That's where I tried and am getting the error.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. voyagerd, Jul 20, 2011

    voyagerd macrumors 65816

    voyagerd

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2002
    Location:
    Rancho Cordova, CA
    #6
    Install is working from the Mac OS X Install ESD partition.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page