Catalina bootable Cd

Is it possible to create a bootable Catalina installer CD?

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 8:15 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2021 9:00 AM

a CD is too small to hold a bootable system. I believe a DVD would also be too small. An external USB or thunderbolt drive would work. A CD or DVD would be extremely slow anyway.

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Mar 16, 2021 9:00 AM in response to Johnnyrockets1

a CD is too small to hold a bootable system. I believe a DVD would also be too small. An external USB or thunderbolt drive would work. A CD or DVD would be extremely slow anyway.

See this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

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