Is anybody else facing issues running 11.2.2 from external drives?
I am trying to install 11.2.2 on an external flash disk.
I have a Samsung DUO Plus and a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive.
The SanDisk was running Catalina and I tried to update it to Big Sur via the App Store but it get's stuck at "Less than 1 minute remaining".
The Samsung starts failing at some point during install, gives a kernel panic and reboots. That whole process repeats itself until i force the machine to shut down.
Installing Catalina on it works fine. Then updating that to Big Sur again ends in a fail-loop.
The issue occurs on a MacBook Pro 15" 2018 as well as a MacBook Air 2015.
I've downloaded the installer multiple times and tried using the installer on the internal MacBook Pro drive (with success) to rule out issues with the installer-image as well.
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Solution/Workaround, as of 11.2.3 / April 2021:
Apparently the Big Sur installer has issues with (certain?) flash drives.
I ended up installing 11.2.3 on an external HDD.
Although I also got a kernel panic on the 2nd reboot that occurs during the install, it rebooted and went on to finish the installation without further issues.
I then used CarbonCopyCloner to clone the HDD onto the flash drive and was successfully able to boot and use the system.
I am trying to install 11.2.2 on an external flash disk.
I have a Samsung DUO Plus and a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive.
The SanDisk was running Catalina and I tried to update it to Big Sur via the App Store but it get's stuck at "Less than 1 minute remaining".
The Samsung starts failing at some point during install, gives a kernel panic and reboots. That whole process repeats itself until i force the machine to shut down.
Installing Catalina on it works fine. Then updating that to Big Sur again ends in a fail-loop.
The issue occurs on a MacBook Pro 15" 2018 as well as a MacBook Air 2015.
I've downloaded the installer multiple times and tried using the installer on the internal MacBook Pro drive (with success) to rule out issues with the installer-image as well.
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Solution/Workaround, as of 11.2.3 / April 2021:
Apparently the Big Sur installer has issues with (certain?) flash drives.
I ended up installing 11.2.3 on an external HDD.
Although I also got a kernel panic on the 2nd reboot that occurs during the install, it rebooted and went on to finish the installation without further issues.
I then used CarbonCopyCloner to clone the HDD onto the flash drive and was successfully able to boot and use the system.
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