I was trying to burn a backup copy of the Installesd.dmg to a dvd. Using disk utility to burn the file to the dvd, I received a message after the burning process and the ejection of the dvd:
"Unable to burn "InstallESD.dmg *(The disc didn't respong properly and can't recover or retry)
Is this a problem with my dvd burner? or another problem?
Thanks
Brett
Macbook pro late 2008, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
Don't have a clue, but try this: mount the dmg file and then use Disk Utility to restore it to DVD. Better, restore it to a 10 GB empty partition. Using that results in significantly faster installs than using anything DVD or USB.
Maybe this is no longer a problem for you. But I was having the same problem trying to create the Lion Boot Disk so I will maybe help others. Try running Disk Utility in an Administrative account. That fixed it for me.
Error message trying to burn InstallESD.dmg
