On: OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

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Tried to update to Lion: couldn't do it.

Tried to update Snow Leopard so I could update to Lion: computer now kernel panics on boot.

Tried to reinstall Snow Leopard from DVD: turns out the disk drive is broken.

Tried to install a Linux distro from a USB key: turns out they're nearly impossible to boot on a Mac. Still haven't figured out how to do it.

This went well.

[tedkalaw → tree_of_item]

I tried to install Lion after purchasing it from the App Store. It kernel panicked during install and then TRAPPED ME at the installer. Despite restarting, using disk utility, etc, I was stuck.

I erased the partition and tried to install again. Kernel panic. I tried putting Lion on a USB drive. Again, kernel panic

In my desperation I just kept running the installer over and over again and ONE TIME it worked. I was so pleased - until it kernel panicked on restart.

Still, it's working now. It will kernel panic every now and then. When I look at the logs for the kernel panics, the last kext loaded almost always has to do with networking/WIFI. This seems to be a relatively common.

[gcr → tedkalaw]

Was SL more stable?

[marchdown → tree_of_item]

I have recently tried (yet again) to make some bootable USB keys on a mac. Turns out you have to convert iso to UDxx:

    $ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o bootable.img bootable.iso && dd if=bootable.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m # Check the disk number with diskutil list!

If it still won't boot, rEFIt (or Boot Camp, naturally) help with BIOS emulation.

[joeskerbec → tree_of_item]

This is why i cloned my drive to an external drive prior to the upgrade. Just in case.