Shammoza89
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Q: Recovery partition missing on OS X El Capitan

Hello,

 

Just did a clean install of El Capitan on my rMBR (Early 2013) to find that the recovery partition is missing! Anyone else facing the same issue? This is how I made the bootable USB drive of El Capitan.

 

Terminal command:

 

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --nointeraction

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 8:51 PM

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  • by achillesfromredlands,

    achillesfromredlands achillesfromredlands Jun 29, 2016 1:36 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Jun 29, 2016 1:36 PM in response to Barney-15E

    I had an issue where I COULD NOT boot into (local) Recovery OS mode to save my life (on El Capitan)

     

    I discovered a trick where I instead booted into Startup Disk mode using the Option (Opt) key.

     

    From there, I used the Cmd-R mode to jump into Recovery OS. I was then able to do what I needed to do.

  • by titibetain,

    titibetain titibetain Jul 13, 2016 1:36 PM in response to achillesfromredlands
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    Jul 13, 2016 1:36 PM in response to achillesfromredlands

    same issue here... old mac mini doesn't boot and a folder is flashing with a question mark.

    I tried all the startup key combinations and the only one that works is Startup manager (option key).

    From there i can only connect to my wifi network, nothing else...

    I tried what you said, cmd-R from the startup mode, but nothing happens :-(

    Did you do something "special" to jump into Recovery mode from there ?

    THX

  • by flournnoi,

    flournnoi flournnoi Jul 21, 2016 12:12 PM in response to axionsan
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    Jul 21, 2016 12:12 PM in response to axionsan

    Thank you for this information!  I'm on this forum for a somewhat unrelated issue -- I'm trying to isolate the recovery partition off of an El Capitan installation to add it to a multiboot USB and your post confirmed for me that it's possible to go about it this way.

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