Making OS Lion Install Disk after Installation

I installed OS Lion and I want to create a boot up disk only for OS Lion in case if anything goes wrong later and I checked online, but its all before the installation. Any idea how to create boot up disk after OS Lion installation? Thanks a lot.

Redownload the Lion installer app. Do not run install.
Copy the app to a USB thumb drive. Then, on each of
the machines you want to install Lion on, copy the installer
to the Application folder and then launch the installer from
there.
I have used this procedure on my 4 macs without any
problem.
FYI, from the Lion license for Mac App store purchase or
USB media:
B. License from Mac App Store or on Physical Media. If you obtained a license for the AppleSoftware from the Mac App Store or on Apple-branded physical media, then subject to theterms and conditions of this License and as permitted by the Mac App Store Usage Rules setforth in the App Store Terms and Conditions (http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/) (“UsageRules”), you are granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license:
to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of theApple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running Mac OS X Snow Leopardor Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control;
(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, to download, install, use andrun one (1) copy of the Apple Software for use either: (a) by a single individual on each of theMac Computer(s) that you own or control, or (b) by multiple individuals on a single shared MacComputer that you own or control. For example, a single employee may use the AppleSoftware on both the employee’s desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer, ormultiple students may serially use the Apple Software on a single Mac Computer located at aresource center or library; and
(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Softwarewithin virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control thatis already running the Apple Software.
The grant set forth in Section 2B(iii) above does not permit you to use the virtualized copiesor instances of the Apple Software in connection with service bureau, time-sharing, terminalsharing or other similar types of services.
Which can be found here:
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx1072.pdf

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Not a comforting message to see...
Here are the errors just before the above message is emitted and the install ends.
Jul 26 05:33:33 localhost OSInstaller[344]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/Packages/Essentials.pkg (destination=/Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jul 26 05:34:51 localhost OSInstaller[344]: PackageKit: Got copier error 2 extracting to path ./usr/lib/zsh/4.3.11/zsh/zselect.so: Read-only file system
Jul 26 05:34:51 localhost Unknown[329]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-37/Common/DataPool.c:135: Error: finished pool without filling it
Jul 26 05:34:51 localhost Unknown[329]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-37/Common/commonUtils.c:360: Error: fh_pread -1
Jul 26 05:34:51 localhost Unknown[329]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-37/Common/StreamCompressor.c :294: Error: pread failed for /Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root//usr/lib/zsh/4.3.11/zsh/zselect.so: Undefined error: 0
Jul 26 05:34:51 localhost Unknown[329]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-37/Common/StreamCompressor.c :928: Error: returning errno 22 from FinishStreamCompressorQueue
Jul 26 05:35:33 localhost OSInstaller[344]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Essentials.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7f83610395f0 {NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Essentials.pkg”., NSFilePath=/Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, NSURL=Essentials.pkg -- file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.apple.pkg.Essentials, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f8360d42420 "The operation couldn’t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error"} {
         NSFilePath = "/Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root";
         NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while extracting files from the package \U201cEssentials.pkg\U201d.";
         NSURL = "Essentials.pkg -- file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg";
         NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=BOMCopierFatalError Code=1 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error\" UserInfo=0x7f8360d47220 {NSLocalizedFailureReason=FinishStreamCompressorQueue error, offset=2847022, type=BOMCopierFatalError, sourcePath=/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/Packages/Essentials.pkg, destinationPath=/Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root}";
         PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.apple.pkg.Essentials";
Jul 26 05:35:33 localhost OSInstaller[344]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Essentials.pkg”." UserInfo=0x7f83610395f0 {NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Essentials.pkg”., NSFilePath=/Volumes/i7Mac/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, NSURL=Essentials.pkg -- file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.apple.pkg.Essentials, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f8360d42420 "The operation couldn’t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error"}
Jul 26 05:35:34 localhost OSInstaller[344]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
If I boot to the "Recovery HD" I get a message "Installation Failed, Try re-intalling" Which would be a fine idea, but I can't because if I re-start installation from the hard drive I get the above errors.
I've burned the "InstallESD.img" to a DVD, but it also doesn't seem to work. Comes up as though I'm in the Reco

Jen,
Here's what I did to get Lion installed:
Burn the installer to a DVD and install from there. It worked for me. Here's what you need to do:
First you need another computer running at least 10.6.8.
1. On the other computer go to 'App Store' (make sure you're logged in to the App Store with the AppleID you used on the troubled computer)
2. Click on 'Purchased' in the 'App Store' window's toolbar
3. If you are on 10.6.8, and haven't downloaded Lion on that computer just click "Install" to download the installation application.
3. a, if the other computer is already running Lion, you'll need to re-download the installer.
3. b. Hold down 'Option' when selecting 'Purchased' then you click "Install"
4. When the Lion Installer starts up, just quit it. You want to work with the Installer application.
5. Find the "Install Lion OS X" application in the 'Applications' folder.
6. Hold down 'Control' and click on the application and select 'Show Package Contents'
7. Find 'InstallESD.dmg' which is in the "Shared Support" folder and copy it to your desktop.
8. Burn 'InstallESD.dmg' to a DVD ('Disk Utility' is simplest to do this).
9. Put the new install DVD into the computer that has Lion partially installed and reboot holding down the "C" key.
10. run the installer as normal, selecting your harddrive as the target.
In my case, when it rebooted to the harddisk the Lion installer started AGAIN. If this happens, let it run. Then you should be done.
Hope this helps.

OSX 10.7 Lion Install Disk

Hello,
I want to place a new SSD HDD in my Macbook Pro 13, but I am facing the problem that I do not have an install disk for the new installation of OSX.
I found some tutorials which described that I have to download the App "OSX Lion" from AppStore and burn the imagefile "InstallESD.img", which is included in the App, to a dvd and from this disk I can install a whole new system.
Since Mountain Lion is released I cannot find "OSX Lion" anymore in AppStore. There is just an App named "OSX Mountain Lion".
Is there a way to get a OSX Lion install disk or do I have to buy OSX Mountain Lion to install a new system?
Regards,
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It's very simple, actually:
Buy enclosure. Install SSD in enclosure;
Boot from your internal drive. Format your SSD as "MAc OS Extended (Journaled)" with a single GUID partition using Disk Utility.
Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your internal drive to your new SSD.
Swap drives and boot from your SSD.
Pretty simple, hunh?
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How to completely erase ( no recovery partition remaining) a lion partition with disk utilities on lion install disk?

Where in a lion install disc made from the installer can I find a bootable file with disk utilities?
I downloaded lion a few hours ago and installed.
I have 4 large hardrives (1.5TB) arranged in 8 partitions to allow me to work on a varied group of projects. I have some projects that need to be worked on with software running under Tiger, some with software that runs under leopard, some with snow leopard, and now Lion. I own multiple copies of software and multiple user pack system install discs.
On a regular basis, I back up chunks of work on projects to external discs, and special backup areas on one of my drives. I don't like using time machine because I am running many operating environments on my mac pro and I don't ever want to be tied to one operating environment for important functionality, and I want to maximize the open space on my hard drives.
Several partitions involve large video files. I am working on them in various versions of final cut, premiere and imovie. Because I have to use the same software versions my different clients are running, I don't want to move all the files " up" to a modern version. It would be professional suicide to stop accommodating my various clients. I say this to try to head off being told to make my clients upgrade. There are too many different clients and they are not going to replace all their equipment.
On these volumes with video files, I often fill them up and copy off what I need to backup before I erase and do a clean install. I also run VM Fusion and windows XP. I absolutely do not want to have a Recovery HD partition left on the drive when I erase or influencing the other partions using different OS versions on that same drive.
Is there a bootable disc on the installer disk I just made? Can I use the disk utilities to do a low level erase on the lion volume that will remove the recovery partition?
Can I go back to booting from Snow Leopard and erasing the Recovery partition with the drive partition that way? Will the Snow Leopard utility take out the Lion HD recovery partition?
I am used to erasing my drives and rebuilding my machine and I believe it is the right way to use my multiple drives in my workflow. Now that I've got this invisible recovery partition, can you help me remove it and create a bootable disc that includes disk utilities?

I assume the unix pdisk command will show you want is going on.
You may not have a big worry. There have always been a lot of hidden partitions. Disk Utility under 10.4.11 reports this drive has three (my now report four ) partitions, when pdisk reports that there are 15.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
Press return when done typing sudo pdisk -l
-l include a lower case L
The sudo command will ask for your administration password. No characters will appear when typing your password. Press return when done typing. sudo stands for super user do. It's just like root. Be careful.
mac $ sudo pdisk -l
Password:
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#:                type name                    length   base      ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple                       63 @ 1
2:      Apple_Driver43*Macintosh                   56 @ 64
3:      Apple_Driver43*Macintosh                   56 @ 120
4:    Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh                   56 @ 176
5:    Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh                   56 @ 232
6:      Apple_FWDriver Macintosh                  512 @ 288
7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh                  512 @ 800
8:       Apple_Patches Patch Partition            512 @ 1312
9:     Apple_Bootstrap untitled                  1954 @ 149319048
10:           Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_1   2254440 @ 263968    ( 1.1G)
11:     Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled               6617188 @ 149321002 ( 3.2G)
12:           Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 146538496 @ 2780552   ( 69.9G)
13:     Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap                    363298 @ 155938190 (177.4M)
14:          Apple_Free Extra                   262144 @ 1824      (128.0M)
15:          Apple_Free Extra                   262144 @ 2518408   (128.0M)
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 (74.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: 23 @ 64, type=0x1
2: 36 @ 120, type=0xffff
3: 21 @ 176, type=0x701
4: 34 @ 232, type=0xf8ff

Mountain lion install disk

i want to make a mountain lion installer disc on a 16gb flash drive for my new macbook air with 10.8.4 already on it (as anybody would), but when i try to option-click the buy button at the app store it says "we could not complete your purchase osx mountain lion is not compatible with this computer". As it's a new computer, this implies an issue--does anyone know what it might be? --BTW following david pogue's mountain lion bk instructions, p 796 here--he also mentions that apple used to sell installer disks with 'lion', but stopped--[wish they hadn't]. i'm off to buy a hard drive so i can archive the whole lot & do it that way--but honestly, apple folks!
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IMac spits out install disk after a lot of clicking.

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Disk Utility Repair on 10.7 w/o Lion install disk

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I am on the side of those who think this is recovery method is absolutely stupid. I want a USB drive (and I'm not paying $68 for it, since I could buy 10 8GB USB flash drives for that amount of cash, and Lion is supposed to be included for us) with the whole installation disk. I travel a lot, and although I've only had to use recovery disks once, it was in a place without internet, so I would be up the creek under this new Apple "innovation."
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And I'm going to head over to the complaint department to register my annoyance at this. I mean why couldn't they have included a USB flash drive in the brand new box? I actually looked, believe it or not.

keg55 wrote:
Here you go.
Follow the instructions in this link to download the InstallESD.dmg file for your new MBP so you can create a USB thumb drive installer. I have a Mac Mini mid-2011 and the instructions worked great. The only thing that might not work right is restoring the InstallESD.dmg to your bootable thumb drive. It might get to the end then fail. If this happens, just dblclick the .dmg file to mount it and restore the 'Mac OS X Install ESD' to the thumb drive. I have used mine to reinstall Lion with and without an internet connecton. It works great.
I think there might be a slightly easier way to do this. I could start up in the Recovery function, but tell it to install to another drive (not my MBP). When the Mac reboots, just hold down the option key, and then restart back into my MBP. Dig through the file on the other drive for the Mac OSX InstallESD.dmg, and move it over to the USB or anything. Then I can restore Mac Lion without the internet, then use Time Machine to rebuild everything. Easy.

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