New Install on MacPro with New Harddrive

[RogersDA]

Using a MacPro 3,1 (Early 2008) model.

I want to add a new 2 TB harddrive and, when it comes out, install ML on it.

How can this be done if ML will only be distributed though the app store (from what I understand), and the new drive will not have a recovery partition on it.

Thanks!

 

[heisenberg123]

Using a MacPro 3,1 (Early 2008) model.

I want to add a new 2 TB harddrive and, when it comes out, install ML on it.

How can this be done if ML will only be distributed though the app store (from what I understand), and the new drive will not have a recovery partition on it.

Thanks!

make a bootable version on ML

http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/17/make-bootable-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-usb-install-drive/

obviously you do this before putting in the blank hard drive

 

[idiiamots]

Presumably you have Lion now and still using the old hard drive?

If so, when ML comes out on the store, download it with App store. Then create a USB key with ML installer on it. Put in the the 2TB drive, boot from USB, install ML. Once ML is installed, I assume Apple will have steps to create ML recovery partition similar to those for Lion.

 

[RogersDA]

Bookmarked...

Thanks!