Burning a bootable Lion dvd, how to?

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Burning a bootable Lion dvd, how to?

Hi I want to burn a copy of Lion to DVD to have a bootable copy at hand.

I found instructions here how to do this: http://techland.time.com/2011/06/17/how-to-burn-an-os-x-lion-boot-disc/

However I follow the steps:

> 2. Open the "Contents" folder, then look for a "SharedSupport" folder and open that.

But there is no folder called "SharedSupport". I searched the whole disk image and nowhere is a file called 'SharedSupport'.

I have a version 1.0.4 (197) of the installer.

So anybody who can help me out here? How do I burn it to DVD so it is bootable?

MBP, MM, MBP - 10.6 + Windooz XP on a hard partition

Posted on Sep 1, 2011 2:26 AM

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Answer 1

tonefox

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Sep 1, 2011 2:47 AM in response to ChangeAgent

"Contents" appears when you select "Show Package Contents". "SharedSupport" appears as a folder within "Contents". You will not be able to find it on your drive, as it is not a free-standing folder, but part of the app package.

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Sep 1, 2011 3:11 AM in response to tonefox

OK Tonefox

This is what I get, I do "Show Package Contents"

and see this:

Very different from yours. what is up?

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tonefox

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Sep 1, 2011 3:22 AM in response to ChangeAgent

Interesting... I certainly agree that you appear to be missing "SharedSupport". Perhaps the difference was caused by my example being from a second download after Lion was installed?

I would suggest that you download Lion again (without going into the installation phase), and take a copy of the install app, park it elsewhere (out of the Apps Folder), and use it from there.

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Sep 1, 2011 3:59 AM in response to tonefox

and take a copy of the install app, park it elsewhere (out of the Apps Folder), and use it from there.

What do you mean by that?

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tonefox

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Sep 1, 2011 4:45 AM in response to ChangeAgent

What I say. The download goes into your Apps Folder. I suggest copying it out of the Apps Folder, store it anywhere you like, and drill into it from there, to find the .dmg file you are after. You don't need it clutering up the Apps folder unless you are going to install Lion from it anyway.

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Sep 1, 2011 5:03 AM in response to tonefox

got it. thanks

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bluepaua

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Sep 1, 2011 5:33 AM in response to ChangeAgent

Do you see a file that's over 3GB big? If so, that's probably the install disk image you want. Apple could well have changed the file names and/or file structure of the install package, so look for a large file instead.

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Sep 1, 2011 6:09 AM in response to bluepaua

good thinking!

bluepaua wrote:

Do you see a file that's over 3GB big? If so, that's probably the install disk image you want. Apple could well have changed the file names and/or file structure of the install package, so look for a large file instead.

nope, and the file called contents is only 14.4 MB so it can not be in there. The only big file in the lot is packages' (3.26G) and in there is nothing in the order of 3GB

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bluepaua

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Sep 1, 2011 6:23 AM in response to ChangeAgent

The Packages folder is not part of the Lion install app., so it does look like you need to re-download.

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Sep 1, 2011 6:35 AM in response to bluepaua

OK that be the way to go.

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