Guest Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hi all, As some of you already figured out, since several revisions of OS X, there is now a recovery partition available to re-install OS X. Honestly spoken, before today, I did not take much care about it, since I always had a handy USB stick "in case of emergency". ... however, with the upcoming Yosemite installer, this Recovery HD will automatically be created, even if you manually partition your HDD beforehand. Therefore, I tought, why not trying to see if we can use it. -> Booting it was pretty easy, however when I select "Re-install OS X" I always get the message "This is not a supported method of installing the operating system", and this also with my regular 10.9.5 installation. I am pretty sure that this will trigger the download of the InstallESD (and my net access is working, in case you ask), but I am pretty sure I am missing something here. Has anyone of you managed to have this stuff work? Do you need some special magic in the DSDT and/or NVRAM to make it work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/301204-reinstall-os-x-from-recovery-hd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 With a MP6,1 system definition mine will not boot the Recovery HD same error as you with iMac14,2 boots perfectly fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/301204-reinstall-os-x-from-recovery-hd/#findComment-2065187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Booting is not a problem... I can access the dialog with the "OS X Utilities". However, when I select "Reinstall OS X", I see the installer dialog showing up, but when an alert sheet containing this message. ...or have I missed your post ? PS: My system definition is a MP5,1 as this is what approches the most from my hardware (6 core i7 on x58 chipset) I just tried with an iMac14,2 system identifier (see attached smbios.plist), and I have the same effect. SMBios.plist.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/301204-reinstall-os-x-from-recovery-hd/#findComment-2065189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Booting is not a problem... I can access the dialog with the "OS X Utilities". However, when I select "Reinstall OS X", I see the installer dialog showing up, but when an alert sheet containing this message. ...or have I missed your post ? PS: My system definition is a MP5,1 as this is what approches the most from my hardware (6 core i7 on x58 chipset) I just tried with an iMac14,2 system identifier (see attached smbios.plist), and I have the same effect. No clue all I know is what it does on mine that is what I get with changed definition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/301204-reinstall-os-x-from-recovery-hd/#findComment-2065216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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