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Create Mojave bootable dvd?
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Save yourself a lot of trouble.
Create a bootable USB FLASHDRIVE instead.
Create a bootable USB FLASHDRIVE instead.
We could base a method on what we did previously for High Sierra at https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...o-update-success.2070676/page-2#post-25176205
So modifying the commands in that thread (which previously successfully made a bootable dvd of high sierra) we could proceed thusly:
First you have to have the full installer of Mojave in your Applications folder. You can get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12 from the mac app store if you haven’t already.
Then run the following commands in terminal:
hdiutil create -o /tmp/Mojave.cdr -size 8000m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
hdiutil attach /tmp/Mojave.cdr.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/install_build
mv /tmp/Mojave.cdr.dmg ~/Desktop/InstallSystem.dmg
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Mojave
hdiutil convert ~/Desktop/InstallSystem.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Mojave.iso
rm ~/Desktop/InstallSystem.dmg
and then you can rename Mojave.iso.cdr to Mojave.iso.
You can then use this to burn it to a dual layer dvd:
sudo hdiutil burn /Users/YOURNAME/Desktop/Mojave.iso
where you replace "YOURNAME" with the username for the account you are logged into at the time.
and then boot to startup manager with option key to select the dvd and install Mojave from it.
I haven't tried this yet and just because it worked in High Sierra doesn't guarantee it will work in Mojave. If not then maybe we can modify the commands somehow to make it work. It was easy to make a dvd of lion and mountain lion. But ever since Mavericks it became quite difficult to make a bootable dvd and progress on this has always been experimental. Nevertheless we have so far had success in making dvds of every system from lion to high sierra. Prior to lion you could buy disks from apple. Hopefully we can have success with Mojave too.
I spoke before on how to make a bootable usb of the Mojave installer at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/make-the-bootable-mojave-usb-installer.2136707/ and that is the most efficient way to make a bootable installer.
But some are old fashioned and have bootable disks for every system going way back to Mac OS 7.1 (including high sierra).
So if you want to be really geeky you can try to make a bootable DVD of Mojave. Be aware however that a bootable DVD is much slower to boot up than a usb, so if you want to do it as quickly as possible, then the usb is the way to go, not dvd. But if geekiness is your thing then go ahead and try the dvd.
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Someone made a script file called "macOS_Mojave_ISOMaker.sh" to make the bootable mojave iso which may be a bit easier than running all the commands individually. The steps inside the script are essentially the same as mine, but a bit more interactive.
More details here: https://github.com/thelamehacker/macOS-toolkit/blob/master/toolkit/macOS_Mojave_ISOMaker.sh
Once the iso is made it can be burned to dvd the same way as I said before.
More details here: https://github.com/thelamehacker/macOS-toolkit/blob/master/toolkit/macOS_Mojave_ISOMaker.sh
Once the iso is made it can be burned to dvd the same way as I said before.
I can confirm that using the steps to make the ISO file above do in fact work....partially
I can only get the disk to work for CLEAN installations. If you try and do a upgrade? The installer fails with
AN INTERNAL ERROR OCCURRED DURING PREFLIGHTING FOR APFS CONVERSION
But once i went into Disk Utility, erased and tried the install again as a fresh one? All went well!
(It should also be noted that when erasing the drive, i didnt select APFS, but HFS+ Journalled. The drive will then be converted to APFS during install. There doesnt seem to be a way around this.)
I can only get the disk to work for CLEAN installations. If you try and do a upgrade? The installer fails with
AN INTERNAL ERROR OCCURRED DURING PREFLIGHTING FOR APFS CONVERSION
But once i went into Disk Utility, erased and tried the install again as a fresh one? All went well!
(It should also be noted that when erasing the drive, i didnt select APFS, but HFS+ Journalled. The drive will then be converted to APFS during install. There doesnt seem to be a way around this.)
If you are having trouble running individual commands perhaps you should run the script macOS_Mojave_ISOMaker.sh instead. You can get it here : https://github.com/thelamehacker/macOS-toolkit/blob/master/toolkit/macOS_Mojave_ISOMaker.sh
Thanks for your reply.
I don´t know, how to let run a script. How can I do it?
[doublepost=1551449619][/doublepost]Thanks for your reply.
I don´t know, how to let run a script. First I must download it then?
[doublepost=1551449847][/doublepost]Thanks for your reply.
I don´t know, how to let run a script. First I must download it and then?
I don´t know, how to let run a script. How can I do it?
[doublepost=1551449619][/doublepost]Thanks for your reply.
I don´t know, how to let run a script. First I must download it then?
[doublepost=1551449847][/doublepost]Thanks for your reply.
I don´t know, how to let run a script. First I must download it and then?
i used this script, i mastered the iso, it works perfectly
?? can you have a script for Catalina? ?
Hello, could you (or anyone else) please let me know how does one get the script? I don’t see any “download” button nor anything like that, I tried copying and pasting the code in the TextEdit and saving it as .sh but it wouldn’t allow me to, so I saved is as .rtf which seemed to be my only option, I then renamed it to .sh, but still opens as text. Sorry for my lack of knowledge in this matter. Since I couldn’t that way I tried running the commands, it asked me to "erase the volume at /Volumes/install_build”, I pressed Y to continue with it, and it gave me an "Error erasing disk error number (22, 0)
An error occurred erasing the disk.”.
I’m on Catalina, my MacBook Pro became very slow and unresponsive and the battery lasts very little since “upgrading” to it so this is why I want to try Mojave, I tried resetting the NVRAM and that did make it run smooth again, but just for a little while, and didn’t change the too quick battery draining issue, now it’s back as slow and unresponsive, I tried resetting the NVRAM again but this time it didn’t fix it. I’m pretty new to Mac. Thank you.
Update: I managed to create the disc with the commands (still would like to know how to get and run scripts for future references), but reinserting it in the MacBook Pro pops up the message that it isn’t readable by this computer, is that how it’s supposed to behave? I’ll boot to the Startup manager and see what happens.
Update 2: It wasn’t recognized on the Startup manager either, so I tried all the process all over from the start, and I saw what I had done wrong, I didn’t wait enough for each line to do its thing before entering the next ones, so I just wasted a DVD-RDL disc, this second time it apparently worked, upon boot to Start up manager it was recognized, but after selecting it it seemed to be doing its thing fine, but then it just went to the boot screen with the apple logo and the loading bar underneath it, but the bar never filled up, at all, not part of it, nothing, I left it all night.
Update 3: Correction, I tried again now paying attention to it the whole time, and it wasn’t that the loading bar never filled up at all, it completely fills up, but nothing else ever happens after. And I just noticed the "Script editor" program ??♂️, I bet with that is how I would make the script by copying the code there.
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