This is yet another stump on many many stumps throughout this rough journey. Big Sur ISO file in order to build a bootable USB for a fresh installation of macOS 11. Now when I reboot, it doesn’t seem to recognise the USB as a bootable. Ultimate Guide Install macOS Big Sur on VMware on Windows PC. At least I hope that’s what I”m supposed to get. I’ve followed your terminal method and it has basically given me the ISO copied into the USB drive. Even if I ensure that the image wasn’t mounted. On a freshly downloaded ISO of the install DVD, it absolutely refuses to create the USB for me. The solution was to go back into the installer and “repair” the windows partition, which is why I’m here.īootcamp assistant has been giving me the shits when trying to create a USB. After finally managing to recover the bootcamp volume so that it is at least something the mac recognises as a bootable volume, I can’t start windows. I finally got windows 10 installed after a much painstaking exercise, but because I got greedy, I partitioned the mac volume to give me a common ExFAT drive that both boots can access. This entire installation process for a late 2013 MBA has been nothing but a nightmare, and this is coming from someone who has installed windows xp, vista and 7 on three separate macs with ZERO issues before.Įvery step has caused me grief and took days to resolve.
