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problem using the Lion Recovery Disk Assistance
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Run diskutil list in Terminal and see whether there really isn't a "Recovery HD" present on your computer. Maybe post the output here.
There should be an entry kind of like this:
The assistant uses that partition as a data source for the new recovery HD.
There should be an entry kind of like this:
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3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3The assistant uses that partition as a data source for the new recovery HD.
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *250.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 189.7 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 60.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macbook *129.0 GB disk1
/dev/disk2
I do not have this what have I done wrong?
Did you install Lion to your current disk using a Snow Leopard installation on a different disk perchance? That may have put the recovery partition on your other disk, I think. Or it may have something to do with Bootcamp... 
I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶k̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶u̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶w̶a̶y̶.̶.̶.̶ you seem to have Filevault enabled, right? ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶c̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶1̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶i̶z̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶ ̶0̶ ̶i̶s̶.̶ The third slice on disk 0 seems to be the bootable (invisible) partition that decrypts your main disk on startup. That one usually contains the recovery part as well, but apparently not for you.
D̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶u̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶c̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶?̶ ̶(̶P̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶s̶y̶m̶b̶o̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶r̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶o̶x̶)̶
EDIT: I just realized that your listing isn't complete. That makes more sense then.
I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶k̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶u̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶w̶a̶y̶.̶.̶.̶ you seem to have Filevault enabled, right? ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶c̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶1̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶i̶z̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶ ̶0̶ ̶i̶s̶.̶ The third slice on disk 0 seems to be the bootable (invisible) partition that decrypts your main disk on startup. That one usually contains the recovery part as well, but apparently not for you.
D̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶k̶u̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶c̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶?̶ ̶(̶P̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶s̶y̶m̶b̶o̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶r̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶o̶x̶)̶
EDIT: I just realized that your listing isn't complete. That makes more sense then.
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