How to create a bootable thumb drive for OSx 10.7 ?

Greetings - This is my first system install without using a DVD. I've seen caveats re: making a bootable thumb drive to avoid future problems. Please refer me to an Apple document that explains how to create such a bootable thumb drive from the downloaded disc image. Thanks!

Most users create an image when they have multiple installs. You can simply drag the Install Mac OS X Lion installer from Applications to another drive or folder on your computer. Apple removes the installer after it runs.
You can always download again from Purchases in the Mac App Store (MAS).

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Here you are bro, courtesy of "softpedia.com"....brilliant site!!!
If you ever had problems with your Mac OS X installation you know that the first thing you should do is to check the startup volume using Disk Utility.
After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
Although this might happen to Mac OS X Leopard users due to faultyhardware, the vast majority of problematic SuperDrives will be encountered inside Snow Leopard running Macs.
This is due to the updated SuperDrive firmware included in either the Install disc or the software updates one has to install to reach the latest version of OS X, namely 10.6.6.
This can be fixed by flashing the SuperDrive’s stock firmware using free command line tools that one can find for free online (I will write about this process also, but at a later time because this article only focuses on allowing you to create your own alternative USB boot disc).
If you are reading this last bit of information with skepticism, than you should know that it happened to me too. Despite all my tries to make it work properly, the SuperDrive kept on munching any inserted DVDs and just popped them out in about twenty seconds.
The workaround to this issue was to create my own Leopard bootable USB memory stick. I am not suggesting a Snow Leopard bootable stick mainly because there are lots of users that have decided to buy the cheaper, Upgrade version, which I have not tested and, therefore, I’m not sure if it will work properly once written to a USB disk.
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Step 1 (If you already have the Leopard install disc DMG file you can skip to Step 2)
Launch Disk Utility (you can find it inside /Applications/Utilities). Here select the Leopard Install disc in the list of drives on the left and click on the New Image menu entry at the top of the window. A save message will appear where you will have to select the Desktop as a destination.
Step 2
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After the USB has been reformatted, download the SuperDuper app from HERE and launch it. Once SuperDuper starts, you will only have to select the DMG in the Copy drop-down menu, your USB memory stick on the right and hit the “Copy Now” button.
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To locate the InstallESD.dmg right click the Lion installer, select the “Show Package Contents” entry, go inside the “Contents” folder, and from there into the “SharedSupport” folder. Inside this folder you can find the InstallESD.dmg you can use to create your own bootable Mac OS X Lion USB stick. To do so, go to the third step described above and use the InstallESD.dmg as the DMG to be copied to your USB disc.
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Relative path junction
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<TOTALBYTES>5643506813</TOTALBYTES>
<IMAGE INDEX="1">
<DIRCOUNT>13365</DIRCOUNT>
<FILECOUNT>64285</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>11710161360</TOTALBYTES>
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<LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CBF8F0</HIGHPART>
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<ARCH>9</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>HomeBasic</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>Client</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
<HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
<MINOR>1</MINOR>
<BUILD>7601</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>17514</SPBUILD>
<SPLEVEL>1</SPLEVEL>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
</WINDOWS>
<NAME>Windows 7 HOMEBASIC</NAME>
<DESCRIPTION>Windows 7 HOMEBASIC</DESCRIPTION>
<FLAGS>HomeBasic</FLAGS>
<HARDLINKBYTES>4497873056</HARDLINKBYTES>
<DISPLAYNAME>Windows 7 Home Basic</DISPLAYNAME>
<DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>Windows 7 Home Basic</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
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<IMAGE INDEX="2">
<DIRCOUNT>13614</DIRCOUNT>
<FILECOUNT>65339</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>12222587449</TOTALBYTES>
<CREATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CB8936</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x131F339A</LOWPART>
</CREATIONTIME>
<LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
<HIGHPART>0x01CBF8F0</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x236D21C7</LOWPART>
</LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
<WINDOWS>
<ARCH>9</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>HomePremium</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>Client</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
<HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
<MINOR>1</MINOR>
<BUILD>7601</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>17514</SPBUILD>
<SPLEVEL>1</SPLEVEL>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
</WINDOWS>
<NAME>Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM</NAME>
<DESCRIPTION>Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM</DESCRIPTION>
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<DIRCOUNT>13701</DIRCOUNT>
<FILECOUNT>65851</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>12122886417</TOTALBYTES>
<CREATIONTIME>
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<LOWPART>0x131F339A</LOWPART>
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<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>Professional</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>Client</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
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<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
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<FILECOUNT>66029</FILECOUNT>
<TOTALBYTES>12285492779</TOTALBYTES>
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<LOWPART>0x131F339A</LOWPART>
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<LOWPART>0x6D7F6938</LOWPART>
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<ARCH>9</ARCH>
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<EDITIONID>Ultimate</EDITIONID>
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<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
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<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
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<BUILD>7601</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>17514</SPBUILD>
<SPLEVEL>1</SPLEVEL>
</VERSION>
<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
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<NAME>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</NAME>
<DESCRIPTION>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</DESCRIPTION>
<FLAGS>Ultimate</FLAGS>
<HARDLINKBYTES>4947144081</HARDLINKBYTES>
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<HIGHPART>0x01CE9935</HIGHPART>
<LOWPART>0x6D5A05EC</LOWPART>
</LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
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<ARCH>9</ARCH>
<PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
<EDITIONID>Professional</EDITIONID>
<INSTALLATIONTYPE>Client</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
<HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
<PRODUCTTYPE>WinNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
<PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
<LANGUAGES>
<LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
<DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
</LANGUAGES>
<VERSION>
<MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
<MINOR>1</MINOR>
<BUILD>7601</BUILD>
<SPBUILD>18015</SPBUILD>
<SPLEVEL>1</SPLEVEL>
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<SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
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Message was edited by: tzaphon

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Does anyone know how to do this or does anyone know of a free app that helps doing this?
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Regards
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