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Make a 10.9 Mavericks USB Installer (Clean Install)
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/
The only-slightly-less-easy way
If you don't want to use Diskmaker X for some reason, poster tywebb13 on the MacRumors forumshas your hookup. Assuming that you have the OS X Mavericks installer in your Applications folder, and you have a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)-formatted volume named "Untitled" mounted on the system, you can create a Mavericks install drive by typing the following command into the Terminal.
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/TARGET --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
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