Building 10.6.8 Server image

[benjleroy]

I am trying to build 10.6.8 Server, just a vanilla install. My base media is the Apple provided 10.6.1 Server media from our Software Maintenance agreement with Apple. I am building it to provide a streamlined way to install 10.7 Server from external Media without installing 10.7 Client first. I imported the disc using importDisc.py as I have always done and am rewarded with “MacOS X Server 10.6.1 10A2054.dmg” I am only applying the 10.6.8 Server Combo Update since this is just an installer platform for server so My catalog is as follows:

[code]Installer Disc Builds: 10A2054

Output Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Output File Name: 10.6.8 Server Vanilla

OS Updates:
MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.8 /instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg sha1:2c3f2bb57d675d9383ebdf061679f87e9c7ba7cc
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I invoke instaUpToDate:

[code]sudo ./instaUp2Date.py –instadmg-scratch-folder=/Volumes/Video/ –process 10.6_server_vanilla[/code]

I get back the following error:

[code]Parsing the catalog files for 10.6_server_vanilla
MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.8

Finding and validating the sources for 10.6_server_vanilla
MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.8 – found at a relative location and verified in 20 secondses/sec)

Finding the Installer disc for 10.6_server_vanilla
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 716, in
main()
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 678, in main
foundInstallerDiscs = findInstallerDisc.findInstallerDisc(allowedBuilds=thisController.installerDiscBuilds)
File “/instadmg/AddOns/InstaUp2Date/Resources/findInstallerDisc.py”, line 201, in findInstallerDisc
raise commonExceptions.FileNotFoundException(‘Unable to find OS Installer disc in any provided folder: %s%s’ % (str(searchItems), folderString))
Resources.commonExceptions.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find OS Installer disc in any provided folder: [‘/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs’, ‘/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS’] ([‘.svn’, ‘MacOS X Server 10.6.1 10A2054.dmg’], [‘.svn’])
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I have rebooted to make sure its not an unclean unmount but the error keeps occurring.

Any thoughts?

[Allister Banks]

Hey Ben,

Short answer, Server is not supported. Long answer, instead, you can run a GUI install from a machine against your server, booted in target disk mode, and then patch it with the command line version of installer.
Oh, and 10.7 server is not possibly (afaict) at this point without client unless you have access to a macmini restore image(since to the best of my knowledge media isn’t provided either)
Please join us in IRC if you had a more pressing need for answers regarding this.

Allister

[benjleroy]

Good to know, I guess I made an assumption that was not bourn out.

Thanks Allister

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