Cannot find installer disc, latest SVN

[hkim823]

I haven’t made any changes to my instadmg workflow, just updated to the newest svn yesterday and this AM, this is the error I get.

Finding the Installer disc for facstaff
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “AddOns/InstaUp2Date/instaUp2Date.py”, line 716, in
main()
File “AddOns/InstaUp2Date/instaUp2Date.py”, line 680, in main
foundInstallerDiscs = findInstallerDisc.findInstallerDisc()
File “/Users/ryan/instadmg/AddOns/InstaUp2Date/Resources/findInstallerDisc.py”, line 117, in findInstallerDisc
ValueError: In legacy mode the item “/Shared Items/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS/Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg” was named like an installer disc, but was not a dmg

[dead2sin]

Did you import that disc using importDisc.py? For the latest SVN, you’ll want to import the disc using import.disc.py –automatic (leave out –legacy). Legacy did it slightly differently, which the new SVN doesn’t support if I recall correctly.

Nate

[hkim823]

I will try that, and report back.

[hkim823]

I’m new to importdisk.py …

I ran it, it grabbed the disc, I noticed that there’s a new catalog file style where you can choose different disc styles and such, but I’m having a hard time finding documentation on how to use this properly. It copied the file to InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs but didn’t put anything in BaseOS and when I run InstaUp2Date, I get

Finding the Installer disc for base-template
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 716, in
main()
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 680, in main
foundInstallerDiscs = findInstallerDisc.findInstallerDisc()
File “/Users/client/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: [‘/Users/client/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS’] ([‘.svn’])

[Allister Banks]

Hey there,

What is the build on the disk you’re trying to use? Is it a retail boxed disk, or a grey bundled-with hardware? Please verify you’re leaving the imported DMG in /InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs, and that the build on the disk is in the corresponding line in your catalog file. Thanks,

Allister

[dead2sin]

I had a response all typed out but the spam filter ate it. Sorry.

Basically, you need to use a Retail disc. To make it work though, you can put the build # in the 10.6_vanilla catalog in the same format you see the others listed.

Your imported disc should have a build # in the name of the file.

Hope that helps,

Nate

[Allister Banks]

(I don’t think you [b]need[/b] need to, but it should work with all hardware once combo updated past 10.6.5, since no hardware was released more recently)

Allister

[hkim823]

Definitely using the retail disc itself. Since I’m new to the new catalog file format, I didn’t state to use the file inside of InstallerDiscs. I put it in as such,

Installer Disc Builds: 10A432
Supporting Disc: /Shared Items/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs/MacOS X Client 10.6 10A432.dmg sha1:632a14627f8e72f2f5ab4f8bde950d0b02b6f6a9
Installer Choices File: /Shared Items/instadmg/InstallerChoices/InstallerChoices.xml sha1:b5adc1e9cc96ae737ce58ba923771094cec6ad04

But it’s still failing saying that it’s missing the DMG file inside of the BaseOS folder, where traditionally I had a Mac OS X Install Disc.dmg (which was just a DMG of the retail install DVD).

[dead2sin]

Supporting disc isn’t meant to be used for the installer disc. So long as the installer disc is where importDisk.py puts it (InstaDMG/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs) it should find it and use it. So long as it is there, it has the build # in the file name and that build number is present in vanilla, it *should* work.

Nate

[hkim823]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: Allister[/u][p](I don’t think you [b]need[/b] need to, but it should work with all hardware once combo updated past 10.6.5, since no hardware was released more recently)

Allister[/p][/QUOTE]

So I was talking to my Apple System Engineer, and he flat out told me Combo Updates do not include hardware information. I told him that Combo Updates have always helped me out to support new hardware, but he basically said that I was just getting lucky.

The only way to support hardware is to use reference discs (10.6, 10.6.3 retail) and if a computer shipped after that point, to use the machine specific media. I haven’t had to resort to this with the models I support, but I just thought I’d throw it out there.

[hkim823]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: dead2sin[/u][p]Supporting disc isn’t meant to be used for the installer disc. So long as the installer disc is where importDisk.py puts it (InstaDMG/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs) it should find it and use it. So long as it is there, it has the build # in the file name and that build number is present in vanilla, it *should* work.

Nate[/p][/QUOTE]

I took out the Supporting Disc line and now it works. Thank you both for the help.

[jompe]

[quote]raise commonExceptions.FileNotFoundException(‘Unable to find OS Installer disc in any provided folder: %s%s’ % (str(searchItems), folderString))[/quote]

According to my experience you can get this error message if the computer goes to sleep in the process.

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