Help in creating a new base macbook pro i7 using InstaUp2Date

[malroy]

Hi Guys,

i am a newie for using Instadmg and InstaUp2Date so forgive my ignoreness.

i followed the instruction on InstaUp2Date instructions rtf file.

i have put all the packages except for the Base OS image into InstaDMG/InstallerFiles/InstaUp2DatePackages

i had create all the sha1 checksums using checksum.py

Third Party Software:
Epson Printer Drivers EPSONPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:5abfb7dfe780a87382f16b78ba02d2d389420fbb
Canon Printer Drivers CanonPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:287599cfa3cca92e8fd5b567cdf10179163173c6
Brother Printer Drivers BrotherPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:3fd508887151cc324348bb754871f794f13f4c69
Lexmark Printer Drivers LexmarkPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:b56b814c703afa38964efa4ce18a11f3348893e0
HP Printer Drivers HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:817094f4c0c6ece43acd50e817c0baa571eba04c
Samsung Printer Drivers SamsungPrinterDrivers.pkg sha1:8516628182370a86ae3d37ba92578b5a481d03b6
Office Installer Office Installer.mpkg sha1:eb92857a88a22db38052f67ac6f41fc1e5bed610
Office 2008 SP1 Update (12.1.0) Office 2008 SP1 Update (12.1.0).mpkg sha1:15477004c0c2da36ac35c65ef9cef76e5e2b47bb
Office 2008 12.2.0 Update Office 2008 12.2.0 Update.mpkg sha1:91b638cdafd52034f443046ffb39a6c5f177a4bc
Office 2008 12.2.3 Update Office 2008 12.2.3 Update.mpkg sha1:480d14d16156c2e48aa52bb3e98fdd4c78f35315
Office 2008 12.2.4 Update Office 2008 12.2.4 Update.mpkg sha1:261406dee3fbaac1000db3270ced7a24c77f6b44
Flip4Mac WMV Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg sha1:f8193161046d5260bc53f059db1eab095f69cf7d

but i am having this error

###### Error: /tmp/InstaUp2DateFolder-U8qJ7y/12 Epson Printer Drivers pointed at /tmp/InstaUp2DateFolder-U8qJ7y/../../../Volumes/SOE/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstaUp2DatePackages/EPSONPrinterDrivers.pkg, which is an unknown file type (should be a dmg or a folder) ######
12:23:46 ###### Cleaning up ######

i am using the latest version of InstaDMG V290 on a Mac Pro running 10.6.3

i have a second issue, i used the macbook pro i7 cd and created the Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg and run the sudo ./instadmg.bash to create an image.
an image has been successfully created. i reimage it onto the the macbook pro i7 and it froze on startup. i cant even go onto single user mode

Please help
Roy

[archangelau]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: malroy[/u][p]Hi Guys,

i have a second issue, i used the macbook pro i7 cd and created the Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg and run the sudo ./instadmg.bash to create an image.
an image has been successfully created. i reimage it onto the the macbook pro i7 and it froze on startup. i cant even go onto single user mode

Please help
Roy

[/p][/QUOTE]

Hi I am having the same issue with a new macbook pro i7. Create the image as above but machine freezes on boot after imaging. Any ideas?

[Allister Banks]

Well then.
These are two possibly related issues, but let me please check basics for both scenarios:
Are you using the install disc that came with the laptop? Don’t expect the image you’d build using that disc to work on any other models(there are almost certainly dependencies for the new graphics hdwe at least,) but it is doubtful the 10.6.3 combo update contained drivers for that model, so until 10.6.4 you’d need to use the bundled disc.

malroy, the instaUp2Date error message does state it’s expecting a dmg, so please repackage the pkg using disk utility and re-checksum.

If it doesn’t hit an exception and pops an image out, you normally wouldn’t think the tool has malfunctioned and produced something corrupted, so I’d consider that possibility last. Sorry if this isn’t as helpful or clear as it could be, please ask more questions if there’s something I’m saying that isn’t clear.

Allister

[archangelau]

Yes using the original 10.6.3 disc that came with the macbook pro and running instaup2date on the same machine. The generated image does not work on this same machine.

Thanks for your efforts.

[Theilgaard]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: malroy[/u][p]Hi Guys,

but i am having this error

###### Error: /tmp/InstaUp2DateFolder-U8qJ7y/12 Epson Printer Drivers pointed at /tmp/InstaUp2DateFolder-U8qJ7y/../../../Volumes/SOE/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstaUp2DatePackages/EPSONPrinterDrivers.pkg, which is an unknown file type (should be a dmg or a folder) ######
12:23:46 ###### Cleaning up ######
[/p][/QUOTE]

I have seen this error myself, with a flatfile package file, build with Apples PackageMaker.

InstaUp2Date has just been updated a few days ago, maybe that will solve the issue.

Please check to see if this is a flat file package (right click on it, and see if you can “Show Package Content”. If not its a flat file package). Maybe it’s some kind of a bug, try to take it out, and run InstaUp2Date again.

(In my case it was a package that installed the admin user, and I simply changed this to the create_user package).

Søren

[larkost]

Try rev293. I put in some changes last night that might help… but this is experimental since I have been monkeying with the heart of InstaDMG.

[Allister Banks]

Going back to the first question malroy had, it bothered me that I gave an incomplete answer. If you’re copy-pasting your Third Party Software section, I just wanted to verify that theres actual tab characters between the three parts of each line.
Also, the sha1 checksum actually needs to be appended to the filename, so for example your first package, once it’s dmg’d(I haven’t tried with a plain pkg yet) would have this filename: [code]EPSONPrinterDrivers sha1-5abfb7dfe780a87382f16b78ba02d2d389420fbb.dmg[/code]

Allister

[larkost]

You do not need the checksum in the file name in catalog files. Putting it there is probably not going to hurt anything, but it is not really going to help at all (and you will wind up with cache files with the checksum put in twice). The only place that the checksum will appear in the name is in the auto-downloaded InstaUp2Date caches, where it is used to speed up finding appropriate items.

[Author]

Posts