SL not starting install from external USB HD ?

[fisty]

hello all,

I restored SL dmg image to an paritition with disk utility

worked fine

started install and it tells me "install cant be started from this volume" ?


anyone know whats up?

 

[surrealhope]

I got the same error if I launched SL setup from within OS X, but it worked fine when I held Option key during startup (same as bootcamp) and selected to boot from my ext. drive

 

[fisty]

oh right ill give that a shot...

thank you

 

[fisty]

just tried

holding the option key pressed on startup didnt show up any choice
not even macintosh HD

 

[surrealhope]

just tried

holding the option key pressed on startup didnt show up any choice
not even macintosh HD

Try System Preferences -> Startup Disk and selecting your ext. drive.

 

[fisty]

didnt think of that...

lets see hehe


btw. thanks for the help

 

[fisty]

nop neither like that

just to make sure i did the image correctly

i went under restore:

source, the dmg image

destination
the partition on the usb HD

 

[fisty]

help please

 

[C64]

does the partition have a guid partition table, so it's bootable?

 

[fisty]

the partition is a normal os x extended journaled partition

 

[fisty]

if i go in system preferences, startup disk i see the parition with mac os x 10.6

select it for and restart but nothing

 

[C64]

the partition is a normal os x extended journaled partition

Click on the drive in Disk Util, does it say: Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table? It probably won't work otherwise.

 

[fisty]

no it doesnt say that,

but i did the same procedure with leopard and installed it no problem...

how do i get around in making the scheme if that is the problem?