sorta Step by Step

[rmleonard]

The Theory that all is well with the world stops before you sit down…
Chocolate drives all necessity…
that said…

you need a directory structure to start all of this off…

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\-InstaDMG
\–BaseOS
\–AppleUpdates
\–CustomPKG
\–ASR_Output
\–DMG_Scratch
\–Logs

in the basic form of the program –
place the shell script into the “root” of this tree and then –
shove a DMG of the OS install disk(s) into BaseOS
shove any and all PACKAGES (.pkg/.mpkg) that relate to Apple SW updates into AppleUpdates
shove any and all PACKAGES (.pkg/.mpkg) that relate to YOUR stuff, repacked installers, startup scripts, etc into CustomPKG

ASR_Output is where the final ASR image goes
DMG_Scratch is the temp space
Logs is where you read about what went wrong

you can rename packages to specify an order – this MAY cause problems down stream as the receipt file in /Library/Receipts will also have that prefix associated with it.

what I tried to do with my revision is to add some error checking, and other capabilities….

if I could figure out the fileformat for the XML input on the installer command, it would be “trivial” (insert cough/sputter here) to have the script read the package BOM, prompt “you” the user to select which parts/pieces to install, generate an XML plist, then run the installer CLI with that as input….

after all, if you “know” that you only have HP Printers why install all printer drivers? same with the additional fonts, and languages.

it should be possible to script some Automator Actions to do all of this as well…

NOTES:
the installer cmd is VERY different between 10.4.xx and 10.5
hdiutil and diskutil also seem to behave differently as well

This should get folks started

remember – LogGen and PkgGen?
reacquaint yourselves – [url]https://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20070820193811465[/url]

the basics for repacking certain vendor’s software into a pkg file is mandatory to make all this work
and remember – you can install the serial numbers as well…

Let me know how to help!

Rich

[daniel.svensson]

The options to do a custom install with the installer cmd only seems to be available in 10.5 (installer v1.5.0).

I tried to generate an xml file with the “installer -showChoicesXML” and then use this file as an input with “installer -applyChoiceChangesXML” but it then says it is in the wrong format….

Any ideas howto construct a valid XML file that can be used ? The man-page doesnt give much info…

Other than this its working pretty good!

Thanks,
Daniel S (not the same as Daniel 😉 )

[rmleonard]

I have been fighting with the XML format since day one… still can’t figure it out…

maybe some more brain power here will help –

Josh said he’d look into it but then well… this Leopard thing hit the streets and he got busy… can’t imagine how or why…

Rich

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