Problems making a bootable drive for Mavericks?

hey guys,

running mavericks 10.9.3, , want make bootable usb installer can reformat hard drive , fresh install of os

have 8gb ativa usb, formatted following guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5911

set 1 partition, guid partition table, extended (journaled), , renamed "untitled"

then, using guide
http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html

copied terminal code in terminal mount mavericks installer (which downloaded mac store), "/volumes/untitled not valid volume mount point" error.

note: have administrator controls on computer.

here couple of pictures prove did right







can me this?

 

the following real easy me. others may weigh in later ..

have mavericks downloaded the desktop app store. may take while. leave there, , not touch it. tried way reason process stopped , gave me error stating mavericks not found....so

1. plug in usb drive , open disk utility.

2. select usb drive in sidebar , click on erase tab.

3. select mac os extended (journaled) in format box , name untitled.

4. click erase, , wait format finish.

5. when it’s done, close disk utility , open terminal. type in correctly or copy , paste following command , press enter:

sudo /applications/install\ os\ x\ mavericks.app/contents/resources/createinstallmedia --volume /volumes/untitled --applicationpath /applications/install\ os\ x\ mavericks.app --nointeraction

command officially make usb boot drive, , it’ll take 20 minutes.

while it’s doing thing, don’t mess terminal or eject flash drive.

once done, it’ll copy complete. finnished.

ps:

after hitting enter above command, ask passcode. enter , press enter. (be advised, when start type in apple id passcode terminal, not see being entered. normal. enter correctly)

or can download program make usb installer..

diskmaker

http://liondiskmaker.com

 

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