This error repeatedly popping up when installing OS X Lion
I want to reinstall OS X Lion, but this error keeps popping up.
Somebody help me.
Earlier Mac models
I want to reinstall OS X Lion, but this error keeps popping up.
Somebody help me.
Earlier Mac models
OK, but what is on the Internal drive?
What format is the drive to start with, & have you run Disk First Aid on it yet?
My format of External Disk (Journaled) and yes, I have ran First Aid on my disk, but it didn’t work.
I am using the Recovery Mode to reinstall Lion because I wanted to see what the reinstallarion process looks like.
Is there an OS on it now?
Did it give you a choice of where to install it ?
WDYM? (Also I meant to say “My format is External Disk (Journaled)”
OK, but what is on the Internal drive?
There’s nothing on the internal drive.
Do you know the exact model & year of that Mac?
I have a mid-2007 Mac mini.
Did you mistakenly mark this topic Solved/Best Answer?
Only thing I can think of is you may need to install the original OS, or at least 10.6 1st.
Or maybe...
n Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.
APFS won't work for Sierra or earlier, Sierra or earlier needs MacOS Extended Journaled. High Sierra won't work for APFS on earlier Macs.
What has often worked for others is to use this Restore Method instead of CMD+r keys...
Option-⌘-R
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How do I install the original OS? By pressing ⌘+S?
⌘+S?
That'd be Single User Mode on older Macs anyway.
Have you tried Option-⌘-R yet?
This error repeatedly popping up when installing OS X Lion