Questions About InstaDMG and 10.7 Lion

[wadewei]

My test workflow seems fine with instadmg.bash, please check if you are interested:

sudo ./instadmg.bash -s -I ./InstallerFiles/BaseOS/InstallESD.dmg -n "Macintosh HD" -m LionTest  
  
  
12:16:58 ###### InstaDMG build initiated ######  
    InstaDMG version 1.6rc1 (svn revision: 425)  
    Host OS: Mac OS X Server 10.7  
    Host Hardware: Macmini4,1  
    Output file name: LionTest  
    Output disk name: Macintosh HD  
12:16:58 ###### Finding main MacOS X installer disk ######  
12:16:58 ###### Looking for a Cached Image ######  
    Mounting the shadow file (/private/tmp/idmg.oSro/38BCFEA8-E141-47CC-B76B-F830629BB1EA.shadowfile) onto the cached image (./Caches/BaseImageCache/48FC2F98.dmg)  
    Target OS: Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511)  
WARNING: Chroot jails only work with 10.5, so disabling that functionality  
WARNING: Installer daemon-jailing does not currently work with 10.7, disabling that functionality as well  
12:17:07 ###### Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates ######  
    Working on folder 01 (12:17:08)  
        Installing MacOSXUpd10.7.1.pkg  
        Folder 01 done (12:27:05)  
12:27:05 ###### Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG ######  
    Working on folder 01 (12:27:05)  
        Installing clearReg.pkg  
        Folder 01 done (12:27:14)  
    Working on folder 02 (12:27:14)  
        Installing CreateLionUser_LocalMacadm.pkg  
        Folder 02 done (12:28:25)  
    Working on folder 03 (12:28:25)  
        Installing Office Installer.mpkg  
        Folder 03 done (12:38:40)  
    Working on folder 04 (12:38:40)  
        Installing VolumeOffice2011.pkg  
        Folder 04 done (12:38:56)  
    Working on folder 05 (12:38:57)  
        Installing Office 2011 14.0.1 Update.mpkg  
        Folder 05 done (12:40:55)  
    Working on folder 06 (12:40:55)  
        Installing Office 2011 14.0.2 Update.mpkg  
        Folder 06 done (12:42:46)  
    Working on folder 07 (12:42:46)  
        Installing Office 2011 14.1.0 Update.mpkg  
        Folder 07 done (12:46:27)  
    Working on folder 08 (12:46:27)  
        Installing Office 2011 14.1.2 Update.mpkg  
        Folder 08 done (12:49:21)  
    Working on folder 09 (12:49:21)  
        Installing Communicator Update.mpkg  
        Folder 09 done (12:51:08)  
    Working on folder 10 (12:51:08)  
        Installing Communicator Installer.mpkg  
        Folder 10 done (12:51:09)  
    Working on folder 11 (12:51:09)  
        Installing Communicator 13.1.2 Update.mpkg  
        Folder 11 done (12:51:16)  
    Working on folder 12 (12:51:16)  
        Installing BindAD.pkg  
        Folder 12 done (12:51:23)  
12:51:24 ###### 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  
11:05:56 ###### Creating the deployment DMG and scanning for ASR ######  
    Rename the deployment volume: Macintosh HD  
    Create a read-only image  
    Scanning image for ASR: ./OutputFiles/LionTest.dmg  
    ASR image scan complete  
11:18:38 ###### InstaDMG Complete ######  
11:18:38 ###### Cleaning up ######  
    Ejecting images  
    Deleting scratch DMG 

[88gb525dxQK4gt6u]

dumb question but how you reference the packages that you want to install with instadmg.bash ?

cause I always used instaup2date and catalog files

😆

[Allister Banks]

Page 4 of the guide(InstaDMG1-6rc1.pdf, bundled with the download/svn checkout) describes putting the pkgs in numbered folders.

Allister

[wadewei]

yoshi wrote:

dumb question but how you reference the packages that you want to install with instadmg.bash ?

cause I always used instaup2date and catalog files

😆

Though not good at shell script, but I got the tip from the comment line 841 of instadmg.bash

.......
# install packages from a folder of folders (01, 02, 03...etc)
......

And yes, page 4 of InstaDMG1-6rc1.pdf mentioned it too, thanks Allister for that.

Wade

[Allister Banks]

Yeah, that was more of a ‘here’s a reference’ than ‘RTFriendlyM’, but also I’d love feedback on the guide, as I’m the one who wrote it, and it could always use improvement. In fact, the actual Pages doc used is posted to the googlecode site, here:
http://code.google.com/p/instadmg/downloads/detail?name=InstaDMG1-6rc1.pages.zip&can=2&q=
If anyone wants to take a stab at editing that actual doc and posting it anywhere public they can feel free to do so.

Oh, and I’ll be working on fixing up InstaUp2Date to make it Lion compatible asap.

thanks, Allister

[Cyrus11]

You can get the MacMini specific build by stopping the install after it downloads the build from apple but before it reboots and installs it. If you do this you can then put the mini in target disk mode and you should see a folder called “Mac OS X Install Data” inside is a bunch of files including the InstallESD.dmg.

[CostasPPC1]

So, to recap Jowy’s original question,

I work in an AASP too. Since now, we used DS in order to deliver repaired units (ex. HD problems) with reinstalled OS. Can we use InstaDMG for this?

Regards

Kostas

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