[ramuntcho]

So the problem of Macintosh HD remains, even with the last svn update (462).

:-((

[ramuntcho]

If i look inside /private/tmp/idmg.5Vz1/idmg_mp.9xpg, there is 3 images : Disque dur Macintosh HD Recovery HD

Normal ?

[ramuntcho]

Hello,

I’ve tried for about 5 hours to make an image of 10.8.2, no chance. It was working last month so i don’t understand the problem. The only change (i think) is that i have mage an update of instaDMG to r462. I have in fact 2 problems :
– i have to reboot each time i want to create an image, if i want that the installer disk be found
– more problematic, if the installer disk is found, there is no image in OutputFiles folder : in terminal we see that pkg are installed, the image created, but all this in a few seconds !!! I have tried just to install with 10.8.vanilla.catalog, without any pkgs, but same problem.

I really don’t know what to do

So please, any help would be grantly appreciated !!!

Thanks

Christian

See log :

RefInstaDmg:InstaUp2Date ramac$ sudo ./instaUp2Date.py -p 10.8_vanilla
Password:

Parsing the catalog files for 10.8_vanilla

Finding and validating the sources for 10.8_vanilla

Finding the Installer disc for 10.8_vanilla
Found Installer Disc: /Users/ramac/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS/InstallESD.dmg

Setting up for 10.8_vanilla
Setting up InstaDMG folders

Running InstaDMG: /Users/ramac/instadmg/instadmg.bash -f -I /Users/ramac/instadmg/InstallerFiles/BaseOS/InstallESD.dmg -n Disque dur -m 10.8.2 Sem_13 novembre.dmg -K /private/tmp/idmg_temp.6jLK88/items-GsYNC0 -o /Users/ramac/instadmg/OutputFiles

16:06:56 ###### InstaDMG build initiated ######
InstaDMG version 1.6rc1 (svn revision: 459)
Host OS: Mac OS X 10.8.2
Host Hardware: iMac12,1
Output file name: 10.8.2 Sem_13 novembre.dmg
Output disk name: Disque dur
16:06:57 ###### Finding main MacOS X installer disk ######
16:06:57 ###### Looking for a Cached Image ######
Mounting the shadow file (/private/tmp/idmg.algA/5EC9F995-6826-4C4E-B6F9-1E10D97FF609.shadowfile) onto the cached image (./Caches/BaseImageCache/843509E4.dmg)
Recovery Partition Found
2012-11-13 16:07:01.793 defaults[447:707]
The domain/default pair of (/private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion, ProductVersion) does not exist
2012-11-13 16:07:01.802 defaults[449:707]
The domain/default pair of (/private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion, ProductVersion) does not exist
2012-11-13 16:07:01.812 defaults[451:707]
The domain/default pair of (/private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion, ProductBuildVersion) does not exist
2012-11-13 16:07:01.821 defaults[452:707]
The domain/default pair of (/private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion, ProductName) does not exist
/Users/ramac/instadmg/instadmg.bash: line 674: [: 8: unary operator expected
Target OS: ()
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
16:07:01 ###### Beginning Update Installs from /private/tmp/idmg_temp.6jLK88/items-GsYNC0 ######
16:07:01 ###### 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
16:07:03 ###### Creating the deployment DMG and scanning for ASR ######
Rename the deployment volume: Disque dur
Could not find disk for /private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD
Create a read-only image
cp: /private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD/private/var/log/InstaDMG_package.log: No such file or directory
The image did not eject cleanly, so I will force it
###### Failed to unmount the Target image image from /private/tmp/idmg.algA/idmg_mp.MzF4/Macintosh HD, unable to continue ######
hdiutil: convert failed – Le fichier existe
Scanning image for ASR: /Users/ramac/instadmg/OutputFiles/10.8.2 Sem_13 novembre.dmg
ASR image scan complete
16:07:03 ###### InstaDMG Complete ######
16:07:03 ###### Cleaning up ######
Ejecting images
Deleting scratch DMG

[ramuntcho]

Great, that was the solution. So with 10.8, we have to put the line about the installer builds not only in 10.8_vanilla.catalog, but also in the general.catalog which refers to 10.8_vanilla.catalog.

Many thanks for your help !

Christian :-))

[ramuntcho]

Hi Allister,

I will try to contact you with twitter…
I have updated my system to 10.8.2, instaDMG is 458 and i have take installESD.dmg from the official installer of Mountain Lion. The I have tried again, and always the same error. I don’t see what i can try…

Christian

[ramuntcho]

Hello,

I have quite the same problem. Last year i made images for MacOSX 10.7.4 with success (on MacOSX 10.7.2). So this year, i clone the system and restore a new machine for trying to make images with MacOSX 10.8.2. I update instaDMG to rev 458. I use InstallESD.dmg found in the Apple installer for the 10.8.2, a general catalog with 2 updates (Java and iTunes) and when i enter sudo ./instaUp2Date.py -p general, i have this :

Parsing the catalog files for general
000JavaForOSX
000iTunes10.7

Finding and validating the sources for general
000JavaForOSX – found based on guessed name and verified in less than one second
000iTunes10.7 – found based on guessed name and verified in 1 second

Finding the Installer disc for general
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 716, in
main()
File “./instaUp2Date.py”, line 680, in main
foundInstallerDiscs = findInstallerDisc.findInstallerDisc()
File “/Users/ramac/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/ramac/InstaDMG/InstallerFiles/BaseOS’] ([‘.DS_Store’, ‘.svn’, ‘InstallESD.dmg’])

Last year, i put InstallESD.dmg in InstallerDiscs folder, but now i try InstallerDiscs or BaseOS folders, and always this message that it is unable to find OS Installer disc. I have reboot many time, put out the InstallESD.dmg from the folder, and put on. Nothing, always this message.

SO HELP PLEASE

Many thanks in advance

Christian

[ramuntcho]

Hello,

I simply use first a pkg which copy, by example, the MacTeX-2011.mpkg in a folder name Enveloppe (or what you want) in /Applications. Then, in the script of firstboot, i use the command :

/usr/sbin/installer -pkg /Applications/Enveloppe/MacTeX-2011.mpkg -target /
/bin/rm -R /Applications/Enveloppe

Christian

[ramuntcho]

Hi,

Answer to myself…

The problem doesn’t appear if i write “~/Desktop” and not ~/Desktop. It was so simple !

[ramuntcho]

Hi,

I answer myself !

In the CreateUserLion.pkg, you can specify the UniqueID as 499 for the hidden user. Then you can add to lines in post flight script :
– defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool YES
– sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false

:-)) Christian

[ramuntcho]

Hi Allister,

It was so simple ! Thanks for the quick answer

Christian

[ramuntcho]

Hello Rusty,

Many thanks for your quick and detailed answers. It could be a good idea, but some things aren’t clear for me :

OK, so, when we applied createLionUser.pkg, home folder aren’t created, it’s the system which create them on the first boot. We try to manage all preferences by script, for all applications, but sometimes it’s too complicated and we have to copy preferences files (by example iTunes). The idea is to fix the preferences in User template (by script or file copy).
Normaly, the home folders are build, using the User Template. What will happen if we set by ourselves home folders, the User Template won’t be used ? Or there will be some kind of merge ?

If the User Template isn’t used, no merge, it seems for me quite time consuming to make 4 complete home folders. Our different users will have only a few differences, don’t you think it will be better to make all the work in User Template, and after that to copy some files in the different home folders. Perhaps on the first boot, when the home folders are build. But does the home folders are all created on first boot, or only the first one ?

I will take a coffee, good idea :-))

Christian

[ramuntcho]

Thanks for the answer and the delay for my answering

Ok, so we are trying to do it with firstboot.mpkg

Christian

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