OS X from an SD card.

[altecXP]

So I decided to put my SL install on a 8GB SD card since I am going to move to an optibay.

I have a problem though. After I format the SD card in Journaled when i try to Restore the install image to the SD I get the message "not enough space" the SD card is 8GB and says I have 7.62GB free and the image says its 7.55GB.

Any ideas? All the guides I have say that 8GB should be enough.

 

[altecXP]

*bump for great justice!*

 

[MisterMe]

You completely misinterpreted the error message. The OS recognized that your SD card does not have enough space and did not restore your backup to it.

 

[voyagerd]

Is the image compressed? DMG?

 

[xgambit3]

I actually was able to do this just yesterday. I had an 8GB Sandisk SD card and I created a restore from the DVD without problem. I used the disk that came from my MBP2010. It was 10.6.3 if I remember correctly.

 

[altecXP]

You completely misinterpreted the error message. The OS recognized that your SD card does not have enough space and did not restore your backup to it.

No, thats exactly what I said, you completely misread what I wrote. I said the SD card is 7.62 free, and the image is 7.55. that .7 left over.

 

[altecXP]

Is the image compressed? DMG?

yes it is a compressed DMG.

 

[Mal]

yes it is a compressed DMG.

You need to go by it's uncompressed size then. Mount the DMG (double-click it) then Get Info on the resulting volume. It's like more than 7.62GB.

jW

 

[altecXP]

You need to go by it's uncompressed size then. Mount the DMG (double-click it) then Get Info on the resulting volume. It's like more than 7.62GB.

jW

Hm, I'm a bit disappointed that it gets read as under 8GB. Is there a way for me to rip out features I dont need like printers or fonts or rosetta?

 

[weckart]

I have managed to restore my SL disk on a number of 8GB cards and usb drives without a problem. Try formatting the card without journalling and see if that saves a few MB.