[X4U] bootable flash drive

[Allan Rube]

Thanks for answering Chris. Unfortunately for me, I did do all you 
suggest. I erased the flash drive, then set it for 1 partition with the 
GUID option. Did not work.
I still wonder if my generic flash drive won't do this, though I can't 
see why not.

Allan Rube'
Nashua, NH
www.nebirds.com
www.allanrube.com


On 7/19/11 9:50 PM, Christopher Collins wrote:
> When you say "making a bootable snow leopard", do you mean "making a copy of my Snow Leopard DVD" or "making an installed OS that runs from a USB key"?
>
> The first is unbelievably the simple. The second is only slightly more difficult.
>
> The main thing I found was:
>
> The USB key must be set as GUID and formatted as Mac OS X Extended in Disk Utility.
>
> I've got OS X 10.5&  10.6 Installation DVDs setup in different partitions on an external HDD. The same HDD also has an installed 10.5.8&  installed 10.6.7 as well.
>
> 4 different partitions.
>
> cjc
>
> On 20/07/2011, at 8:30 AM, Allan Rube wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to make a bootable flash drive (16 gb)  following instruction given on this site (many other sites have something similar.)
>>
>> http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
>>
>> I am having no luck at all. I end up with a folder which contains packages.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. AM I doing something wrong or is it the fact I am using a generic brand I bought at Best Buy?
>>
>> -- 
>> Allan Rube'
>> Nashua, NH
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