No option to restore system [Yosemite]

[nivv]

Problem is that when I start the installer from my USB-drive the option "Restore from a Time Machine Backup" is not present. I want to be sure that this feature works before I start to fiddle more with my install.

I currently have a TimeMachine backup both on my server and on a USB-HDD which is connected when booting with the Yosemite installer.

My build:
Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE - ASUS
Intel 4770K
Nvidia GTX680

Check below:

 

[AppleIIGuy]

have you included your ethernet kext on the usb?

 

[nivv]

have you included your ethernet kext on the usb?

No I haven't, but I also have a USB TimeMachine attached, just in case the ethernet wasn't working.

Also CMD+R during boot does nothing.

 

[nivv]

I made a new install USB but this time with Mavericks on it. Now the option is there again. So if you want to be able to recover from the USB be sure to have Mavericks on it. Yosemite installer doesn't have the option on hackintoshes.

 

[julian1234]

Thanks for the info.
I've just been trying the same thing, and was getting the same results.

 

[clipper99]

I made a new install USB but this time with Mavericks on it. Now the option is there again. So if you want to be able to recover from the USB be sure to have Mavericks on it. Yosemite installer doesn't have the option on hackintoshes.

FYI, this is the first menu I see when booting with my Yosemite Clover USB installer. You're all trying this with USB2 ports right?

 

[nivv]

FYI, this is the first menu I see when booting with my Yosemite Clover USB installer. You're all trying this with USB2 ports right?

Actually I'm using a USB3 port, seems silly if that's an issue. However I'm not using Clover, the Yosemite USB install stick is made with Unibeast.

 

[clipper99]

Actually I'm using a USB3 port, seems silly if that's an issue. However I'm not using Clover, the Yosemite USB install stick is made with Unibeast.

Unless you have a motherboard that OSX supports USB3 natively (I'm pretty sure on this) then USB3 isn't going to work until you get OSX installed and the Universal USB3 kext is added. A USB2 port should hopefully do the trick. Let us know!

good luck!