Simple fix?

[justperry]

"could not validate source"

Oh ********, I had that on my Mini before as well with other OS X installers.

Do you happen to have a copy of Toast Toast Titanium, if so that can do the same job.
I will also look into the Lion Installer which you downloaded, this might also work.
Give me a bit of time, I might have to download it and look if it works.

 

[Outkast27]

I do have toast but I think its because the dmg is not done downloading lol.

 

[justperry]

I do have toast but I think its because the dmg is not done downloading lol.

How far is it?

 

[Outkast27]

13 mins

 

[justperry]

13 mins

I edited one of my last posts on the first page, I said there that this will not create an OS X system, it will create an Installer on the USB, together with some Utilities, If you are able to boot from it later on (by holding Option at startup) you could try and repair the HD before even Installing anything, I would do both a HD/Volume repair and a permissions repair.

 

[Outkast27]

unable to scan resource busy

 

[justperry]

unable to scan resource busy

Logout or better restart and try again, or is it mounted, if it is mounted I think you get this error, unmount first.

 

[Outkast27]

not enough space on thumb drive only 1gb. can i burn a disk?

 

[justperry]

not enough space on thumb drive only 1gb. can i burn a disk?

Yes, if you have an external CD/DVD burner, you do have a rMBP or not.

Edit: Lion Disk Maker seems to work as well.

 

[Outkast27]

i have an external burner. but now even a dvdr is too small. The os is over 6 gigs.

 

[justperry]

i have an external burner. but now even a dvdr is too small. The os is over 6 gigs.

Double Layer!

There is also another way to Repair another Mac or install on another Mac, it is called Target Disk Mode and but it needs Firewire on both machines, now, the Macbook most likely has Firewire, your rMBP does not have and needs a FireWire Cable, if you have one you can use this method but I guess you don't have a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter.

 

[Outkast27]

Damn it

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so I guess thats all we can try huh...

 

[justperry]

Damn it

USB stick would be the easiest, you might have an SD Card (Camera) and a reader, as long as it is minimum 8 GB it will work.(But slow)

 

[Outkast27]

im not sure if the mac has a sd slot. I check tomorrow, gotta get some sleep. thanks a ton for your time@!!!

 

[justperry]

im not sure if the mac has a sd slot. I check tomorrow, gotta get some sleep. thanks a ton for your time@!!!

Ah, Ok, I would just buy a cheap 8 GB stick, they always come in handy and are cheap nowadays.

 

[Outkast27]

Back at it again. Does anyone else have any input? Im trying to avoid goingto buy a thumb drive, might have to.

 

[Outkast27]

Can I use my external hd in place of a thumb drive without wiping any of the data on it?

 

[Outkast27]

I just bought a new 320 gig hd. I restored the osx to the drive. When I boot holding option i get the internal and thumb drive option. Either one I click takes me to apple logo with spinner. Then the circle with slash through it appears. Im assuming its a bad or the wrong version of osx. It is 10.6.7. Is that too new of a os? What version should I install?