Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
LionDiskmaker won't create 10.9 USB
- Thread starter mmomega
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Well, the dmg just doesn't contain a bootable system anymore. I'm sure there's a way around it.
Maybe Apple will include it in a future update? For now I'm installing 10.9 over ML.
If you look inside the LionDiskMaker package you will notice it is built around a fairly simple, albeit long, applescript. Looking through the script you can see it was made specific to 10.7 and 10.8. It doesn't do a simple check for a minimum version. It makes sure it is a specific version. Because of that, it will not work without an update.
Same problem here. Burning a DVD didn't work either. I'm just going to install over ML until I can figure it out.
I hope Apple doesn't lock us out from doing clean installs.
I hope Apple doesn't lock us out from doing clean installs.
Just like Mountain Lion, there is an alias for the Packages folder inside BastSystem.dmg. I think it is at /System/Library/Packages. You need to delete that alias and copy the Packages folder in InstallESD.dmg into its place.
EDIT: The alias is at /System/Installation/
Last edited:
For me it wouldn't install over ML. I had to format and do a clean install, possibly because of my DIY fusion drive. But no problems, I always back up.
During the attempt, did it inform you of the issue or did you loose data?
For me it wouldn't install over ML. I had to format and do a clean install, possibly because of my DIY fusion drive. But no problems, I always back up
How did you do this?
Can I just restore the InstallESD.dmg on a USB or should I restore BaseSystem.dmg
No it simply said that it could not install on the partition, so I knew something was wrong. I then did a time machine back up and erased the drive restored and then updated, I do not know what the issue was.