InstaDMG and 10.6

[Jowy]

Hello all,

I am using InstaDMG to make some 10.6 images with 10.6.3 combo updates and iLife installed. I have been able to get InstaDMG to run just fine and it even says it is installing the packages, but for some reason all I end up with is a 10.6.0 image with nothing installed.

I did see this article on 10.6: https://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20090918111532782 But I have no idea how to do this. Will this fix the problem I am having? I would appreciate if someone could give me some direction or point me to somewhere that covers this.

Thank you!

[Allister Banks]

Hey Jowy,

You are not required to do anything that post described to use functionality that cannot be re-enabled at this point. Other plumbing changes happened under the hood in months past to regain some of that chroot functionality, but I think your issue may possibly be more fundamental.
Could you paste your package.log, anything suspicious looking in your debug.log, and describe how you’re setting up your build train? Please also let us know what version of instadmg you’re using(best way is to find the revision number at the beginning of the instadmg.bash file.) Thanks,

Allister

[Jowy]

Here is my package.log:

12:45:27 ###### InstaDMG build initiated ######
InstaDMG version 1.5 (svn revision: 210)
Output file name: 10-04-26.dmg
Output disk name: Macintosh
12:45:28 ###### Finding main MacOS X installer disk ######
Found primary OS installer disk: ./InstallerFiles/BaseOS/Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg
12:45:28 ###### Looking for a Cached Image ######
Mounting the shadow file (/private/tmp/mount_folder.3SSycC/7960150F-587B-4384-B573-BBCFC469E652.shadowfile) onto the cached image (./Caches/BaseImageCache/5726F74C.dmg)
12:47:32 ###### Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates ######
Working on folder 1 (12:47:32)
Copying folder ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/1 into the target at /private/tmp/package.6ZSrU0
Installing MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/1 (1) inside a chroot jail
Folder 1 done (12:49:02)
12:49:02 ###### Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG ######
12:49:02 ###### Correcting some generic installer errors ######
Correcting symlinks that point off the disk
Closing programs that have opened files on the disk
Deleting Extensions.mkext cache file
Deleting cache files created during installations
13:33:53 ###### Creating the deployment DMG and scanning for ASR ######
Rename the deployment volume: Macintosh
Create a read-only image
Scanning image for ASR: ./OutputFiles/10-04-26.dmg
ASR image scan complete
14:18:26 ###### InstaDMG Complete ######
14:18:26 ###### Cleaning up ######
Ejecting images
Deleting scratch DMG

And the debug.log portion dealing with the installation of the combo updates:

12:47:32 ###### Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates ######
Working on folder 1 (12:47:32)
Copying folder ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/1 into the target at /private/tmp/package.6ZSrU0
Installing MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/1 (1) inside a chroot jail
chroot: /usr/sbin/installer: Bad CPU type in executable
Removing the copied folder: /private/tmp/mount_folder.3SSycC/mount_point.b9GVrT/private/tmp/package.6ZSrU0
Folder 1 done (12:49:02)

[Allister Banks]

Hey Jowy,

Please use a more recent version to make 10.6 images, you’d find a stable version here: http://instadmg.googlecode.com/files/InstaDMG.zip. Another thing to make sure of is you aren’t trying to create this image on a PPC or 10.5 machine, as that will not work, AFAIK time has not been invested in making it possible to make a different point-version OS build from the running system. Does that make sense? Thanks, I don’t expect this to instantly solve all your answers, but give it a shot and let us know.

Allister

[Jowy]

That makes perfect sense. Thank you for your help.

I am trying it again on a Intel machine with 10.6 with that newer version. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Jowy]

This worked swimmingly. Thanks a million for your help!

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