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  • February 2, 2011 at 6:58 pm #380387
    bw38
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    I followed the advice here to get the choices for my OS X 10.6.3 installer disc. https://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=18907

    But when I tried to create a bare bones image it simply isn’t booting up.

    Here is my Install_Base_Choices.xml file:
    [code]

    Host_PrinterDrivers
    Popular_PrinterDrivers
    AdditionalFonts
    LanguageTranslations
    X11

    [/code]

    And my catalog file has the following line:
    [code]
    Installer Disc Builds: 10A432, 10B504, 10C540, 10D573, 10D575, 10F569
    Installer Choices File: /Users/me/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs/Install_Base_Choices.xml sha1:31a30242396a761781010c8114272c6be2866899

    Output Volume Name: Macintosh HD
    Output File Name: Macintosh HD
    [/code]

    The resulting dmg I get when I run the catalog through InstaDMG is slightly over ~1GB which is perfect, but I can’t boot from it. I’ll see if I can show you the error screen I get when I boot up from that image.

    February 2, 2011 at 7:01 pm #380388
    Allister Banks
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    Could you link to a pastie of your debug log? It should be over 3GB at a minimum. What OS/hardware are you building on(not a server, right?)

    Allister

    February 2, 2011 at 7:04 pm #380389
    bw38
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    Here’s the error message: http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/7567/img2011020200006.jpg

    February 2, 2011 at 7:10 pm #380390
    bw38
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    Here’s the debug log:http://pastie.org/1522617

    February 2, 2011 at 7:26 pm #380391
    bw38
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    Also, I should be more clear in what I’m trying to do. Aside from learning how to use installerchoices, I’m also trying to create a bare configuration for use in a NetInstall image that I will be creating with the Casper NetInstall utility. I’ve never actually created a NetInstall image so I’m trying to use what I know about InstaDMG and what I’m reading with the Casper Suite documentation to get this working.

    Since I’m testing out Casper Suite, I realize I also have to create a NetInstall image now which is a pain because I was using DeployStudio which did it for me.

    I know this is out of InstaDMG, but am I on the right track with what I’m trying to accomplish?

    February 2, 2011 at 10:03 pm #380392
    Allister Banks
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    There is a known issue with no current resolution that prevents 10.6.6 images from netbooting certain hdwe models. I must say I have not run into this myself, but there are other posts on this forum from Dreident about it.
    It is most likely due to EFI changes, but that is purely my own speculation. As the safest process to try, please build a 10.6.5 image, restore it to a drive and boot once as a test, then re-image it and suck it into netinstall according to Caspers instructions for their NetInstall tool(I have no experience with it). You could make a first-boot script to install 10.6.6(combo, preferably) and reboot once to finish patching it.

    Allister

    February 3, 2011 at 3:29 am #380395
    bw38
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    So I just tried again to create another image with 10.6.5. Same result except this image was slightly under 1GB. It’s as if it’s completely ignoring the InstallerChoices I’ve selected. Did I mess something up there?

    February 3, 2011 at 4:36 am #380396
    Allister Banks
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    Hey there,

    There is something wrong with your installerChoices, as evidenced in line 24 of your debug log, and by the time your cached image completes it can’t even tell what OS is in the cache, as evidenced in line 64. Elsewhere you’re getting warnings about partial app installs and python errors- completely random weirdness. What helps me is taking a screenshot of the checkbox interface of the installer to verify my choices against, as per the pdf guide. I wish I could pinpoint exactly why it’s not working for you with your install media on your system, but moving to a new system/freshly restored volume and re-running importdisk.py after recreating your installer choices may be a good way to just reset the process and move forward. As a ballpark, my vanilla is 4.46GB, and without the ~1GB of printer drivers/language translations, you still won’t get much below 3GB. I’d link a paste of my healthy debug log, but pastie.org is having issues and it probably wouldn’t be of too much help.

    Allister

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