Unable to make 10.6 Vanilla image

[db1021]

Need a little help getting past this error message below:

[code]ssfhce005-l:InstaUp2Date mmadmin$ sudo ./instaUp2Date.py -p 10.6_vanilla

Parsing the catalog files for 10.6_vanilla
AirPort Utility 5.5.3
Remote Desktop Client 3.5.1
iLife Support 9.0.4
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update v1.1
iTunes 10.5.2
Java For Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6
Safari 5.1.2
Security Update 2011-006

Finding and validating the sources for 10.6_vanilla
AirPort Utility 5.5.3 – downloaded and verified 10.3 Megabytes in 20 seconds (629.4 Kilobytes/sec)
Remote Desktop Client 3.5.1 – downloaded and verified 3.7 Megabytes in 10 seconds (474.2 Kilobytes/sec)
iLife Support 9.0.4 – downloaded and verified 67.1 Megabytes in 1 minute 36 seconds (735.9 Kilobytes/sec)
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update v1.1 – downloaded and verified 1.0 Gigabytes in 40 minutes 8 seconds (441.2 Kilobytes/sec)
iTunes 10.5.2 – downloaded and verified 102.0 Megabytes in 2 minutes 23 seconds (734.9 Kilobytes/sec)
Java For Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 – downloaded and verified 75.8 Megabytes in 1 minute 36 seconds (829.4 Kilobytes/sec)
Safari 5.1.2 – downloaded and verified 47.1 Megabytes in 55 seconds (879.6 Kilobytes/sec)
Security Update 2011-006 – downloaded and verified 136.3 Megabytes in 3 minutes 17 seconds (720.1 Kilobytes/sec)

Finding the Installer disc for 10.6_vanilla
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 716, in
main()
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 678, in main
foundInstallerDiscs = findInstallerDisc.findInstallerDisc(allowedBuilds=thisController.installerDiscBuilds)
File “/Users/mmadmin/Desktop/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/mmadmin/Desktop/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs’, ‘/Users/mmadmin/Desktop/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS’] ([‘.svn’, ‘MacOS X Client 10.6 10A432.dmg’], [‘.svn’])
ssfhce005-l:InstaUp2Date mmadmin$

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So I put the retail 10.6 disc in, it ran the command to import and generate the disc image fine as I see it sitting in the “BaseOS” folder now. But running the next step of building the Vanilla image gets me nowhere. It seems to be looking in the right place and the base image file is definitely there.

[Allister Banks]

Hey db1021,

What OS are you building on, 10.6 client? This is a more common bug, and often making sure the installer disk isn’t already mounted is a fix, including rebooting just to be absolute sure. Since the files and directory structure that make up InstaDMG are pretty portable, you could definitely try moving it to another volume. Good luck,

Allister

[db1021]

Boy the code I pasted made the page stretch pretty far out there huh? 🙂

I’m building on 10.6.8 machine, trying to build a 10.6 image.

And whaddayaknow .. simple reboot fixed it. I thought Mac’s don’t need all the Win tips and tricks!?

Thanks Allister

[db1021]

Just booted the Mac Pro using the newly built image. Ran software update and it seems that there have been new iTunes, ARD, and security updates. Running Instaup2date doesn’t see these new updates yet so I can manually insert them into my vanilla catalog file correct? Just need the checksum for each package after I manually put them in the installerfiles folder?

[Allister Banks]

Yes indeed, here’s a few to get started:
https://raw.github.com/gist/1720094/729ad4dc743b23c9798ca827deb1d83a7c6c38e0/gistfile1.txt
I’m missing the remote desktop and security updates for 10.6, though.

Allister

[db1021]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: Allister[/u][p]Yes indeed, here’s a few to get started:
https://raw.github.com/gist/1720094/729ad4dc743b23c9798ca827deb1d83a7c6c38e0/gistfile1.txt
I’m missing the remote desktop and security updates for 10.6, though.

Allister[/p][/QUOTE]

Nice! Thanks!

Where do the downloaded updates go in the InstaDMG folder? not in caches/instaup2datecache right? Maybe installerfiles/baseupdates?

[Allister Banks]

Hey db1021,

instadmg/Caches/InstaUp2DateCache

Allister

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