[X4U] bootable flash drive

[Christopher Collins]

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