I previously wrote:
> You can do this IF you have Snow Leopard installed. The 10.7
installer requires SL for the Lion upgrade to run.
On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Job ter Burg (L2B) wrote:
> No, it does not require Snow Leopard per se. The point of the
clean install is that you don't build on the previous OS.
> There's a trick that lets you create a bootable Lion install DVD.
> http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/qt/Create-A-Bootable-Copy-Of-Os-X-Lion.htm
I say:
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that bootable DVD. I even have one. ;)
However, if you try to run the Lion installer APPLICATION, Snow
Leopard is required. You could still be doing a clean install; it's
just that the Lion installer application looks for SL before it will
run:
<http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/qt/Mac-Os-X-Lion-Preview-Mac-Os-X-Lion-Minimum-Requirements.htm
>
Near the bottom of the page:
"Because the Lion OS can only be purchased from the Mac App Store,
you'll need to have Snow Leopard running on your Mac. Snow Leopard is
the minimum requirement for running the Mac App Store application. If
you haven't upgraded to Snow Leopard, you should do so now, while the
product is still readily available."
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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