your screenshots. You used the Apple Partition Map. Not the GUID Partition Map. Use the Apple Partition Map. I can confirm this works. ttp://www.hightechdad.com hightechdad Ah yes! You are right! I was trying different things. I will update the post. Thanks for catching. rrm74001 This is why @8f8faa7aaf9a2c8f202f5f7a369b0746:disqus and @70c8cf594582e0f26c30092ecdd14bc8:disqus were having problems. The GUID Partition map uses too much space for overhead. The Apple Partition Map will work. It takes forever to boot, but it works. rrm74001 This is why Jon and dto458 were having problems. The GUID Partition map uses too much space for overhead. The Apple Partition Map will work. It takes forever to boot, but it works. dto458 I used the cp command without the p. And I'm going to try using the apple partition ttp://www.hightechdad.com hightechdad All fixed now! I found the screenshot image of the time I tried the Apple Partition Map. Yes, it does take forever to boot. Thx for pointing that out. dto458 Thanks a lot everyone! The apple partition worked great. Is there any explanation for why it takes so long to boot?/Can anyone give me an estimation so I don't lose my patience. And also, do I have to perform a factory reset on Lion before I install it or does it give you an option to reset your hard drive during installation? rrm74001 As far as I can tell, this is the only place on the internets that has a tutorial for burning Mountain Lion to a single layer