[kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD

[stuart at lowlevel.ca]

I went through this recently... looked like it netboots over internet essentially... 

Stuart

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> On Sep 25, 2017, at 5:14 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
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> When I saw Jonathan Poole's answer I thought "If the drive is dead,
> what recovery partition is there to recover from?"
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> So, how *does* this work? Do Mac computers have the entire OS
> installation media available in firmware?
> 
> - --Bob
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>> On 2017-09-25 03:44 PM, Joe Wennechuk wrote:
>> You my sir, win the prize!!!
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you very much! I have so little experience with Mac, and
>> MacOS, but this worked perfectly!
>> 
>> 
>> Joseph Wennechuk Phone: (226) 505-4812 
>> https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382
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>> ________________________________ From: kwlug-disc
>> <kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org> on behalf of Jonathan Poole
>> <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca> Sent: September 25, 2017 12:22 PM To: KWLUG
>> discussion Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with
>> dead HD
>> 
>> 
>> Can you not just replace the drive, reboot the mac into recovery
>> mode and install from internet over wifi?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original message-----
>>> From:Joe Wennechuk Sent: Monday, September 25 2017, 12:15 pm To:
>>> KWLUG discussion Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac
>>> with dead HD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I can burn an ISO I found online, but it is a problem with the
>>> UEFI I think.
>>> 
>>> Joseph Wennechuk
>>> 
>>> Phone: (226) 505-4812
>>> 
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382>
>>> 
>>> -----------
>>> 
>>> From: kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org> on behalf of
>>> CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> Sent: September 25, 2017 12:01 PM
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>>> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
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>>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD
>>> 
>>> Assuming that you have the mac ISO, you could look at Etcher to
>>> write the USB stick:  https://etcher.io/ <https://etcher.io/>
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 at 11:59 Joe Wennechuk
>>> <youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com
>>> <mailto:youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I have looked everywhere and cant figure this out. I have a
>>> macbook pro and the HD is dead. I need to reinstall the OS on a
>>> new HD, but don't have access to another mac. Is there any way to
>>> create the os install boot disk from a linux machine?
>>> 
>>> Joseph Wennechuk
>>> 
>>> Phone: (226) 505-4812 <tel:(226)%20505-4812>
>>> 
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382>
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