Here’s the methodology I used, based on this thread over on the Apple discussion boards… you’ll need the following: Luckily, there’s a way to get rid of that nasty “not ready for primetime” OS as long as you’re not scared of getting your hands dirty.
In a production environment, you don’t need a version of your everyday OS acting all hinkie… but that’s what Lion has been doing since I was forced into using it on a new Mac Mini I got about a month ago for dev.Īfter numerous attempts to wipe & install 10.6.8 (after having backed up files using a USB 3 duplicator, of course) using an external DVD drive, I was coming up dry. Man, do I hate OSX v10.7, aka “Lion.” Like, I really, *really* hate it. Installing OSX on a i5 Mini using Target Disk Mode
