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Yeah, 10.5.7 should run pretty seemlessly Spidey, I’ve been testing with it in InstaDMG for the past few days. Just tweaking some post-flight stuff today as well.

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Is it also possible to include along with the first boot script a pref copy (of which I use when building conventionally)? I’d like to customize the dock with specific apps that can be seen after I’ve booted up to create the first account. :question:

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My apologies, I forgot to mention that I did place the 2.1.1 updater first before the remaining pkg’s. I’ll need to run an isolation test to ensure the 2.1.1 take.

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The install seems to be working a-ok for me, from versions 12.1.0 to 12.1.4. But after the compressed dmg has been created and deployed, I’ve been checking to see if the versions installed have been implemented and unfortunately none of the updates are applied when the application is launched. About Word reveals version 12.0.0, only. The pkgs are expanding, but not upgrading the app.

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I’ve found a couple of things that work quite well, 1) running the initial Mac OS X Install DVD first w/ the combo update first. Allowing InstaDMG to create the cache basea dn completing the run. Secondly going back after the run has completed to add the custom pkgs. I don’t have Composer yet, but it’s coming, for now packagemaker is working just fine and completing the installs for me.

One of the things I’m concerned about is not just the installation of the custom pkgs, but making sure that once pkgs that had to be re-pkg’s are opened and positioned correctly. The pkgs are installing into the apps folder a-ok, but a few of the apps from the re-pkg’ing are still compressed. I believe JAMF’s Composer extends a bit more flexibility beyond just installing a compressed app, and allows you to decompress the dmg and install it into the apps folder correctly. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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I’ve had pretty good success with PackageMaker 3.0.1 for various apps that were difficult getting into my dmg, jdyck. Apps like FireFox, RealPlayer, Fetch, FlashPlayer 9 and Stuffit Expander were not installing until I re-packaged them. The following script is just a look at my instaDMG run from start to finish w/ all the packages:

08:06:09 ######InstaDMG build initiated######
08:06:09 ######Mounting Mac OS X installer image######
Mounting the shadow file (/tmp/23063A1B-4F06-498B-BAE5-0A079696E736.dmg) onto the image.
Mac OS X installer image mounted
Running from cached image (./Caches/BaseImageCache/B95D8A83.dmg)
08:09:19 ######Beginning Installation from ######
Using Cached image, so skipping OS installation
08:09:19 ######Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates######
Installing MacOSXUpd10.5.5.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/BaseUpdates/01
Installing MacOSXUpd10.5.5…..
08:15:10 ######Beginning Update Installs from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG######
Installing SAV10.2.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/01
Installing SAV10.2…..
Installing AdbeRdr90_en_US_ppc.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/02
Installing Adobe Reader 9…..
Installing FlashPlayer10.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/03
Installing FlashPlayer10…..
Installing Install Shockwave Player 11_Slim UB.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/04
Installing Adobe Shockwave 11 Slim…..
Installing RealPlayer11.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/05
Installing realplayer…..
Installing FireFox3.0.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/06
Installing firefox…..
Installing Fetch5.3.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/07
Installing fetch…..
Installing stuffit12.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/08
Installing stuffitExpander…..
Installing Office Installer.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/09
Installing Microsoft Word…..
Installing Microsoft Word Help…..
Installing Microsoft Excel…..
Installing Microsoft Excel Help…..
Installing Microsoft PowerPoint…..
Installing Microsoft PowerPoint Help…..
Installing Microsoft Entourage…..
Installing Microsoft Entourage Help…..
Installing Microsoft Messenger…..
Installing Danish Proofing Tools…..
Installing Dutch Proofing Tools…..
Installing English Proofing Tools…..
Installing Finnish Proofing Tools…..
Installing French Proofing Tools…..
Installing German Proofing Tools…..
Installing Italian Proofing Tools…..
Installing Japanese Proofing Tools…..
Installing Norwegian Proofing Tools…..
Installing Portuguese Proofing Tools…..
Installing Portuguese (Brazil) Proofing Tools…..
Installing Spanish Proofing Tools…..
Installing Swedish Proofing Tools…..
Installing Core Components…..
Installing Clipart…..
Installing Equation Editor…..
Installing Microsoft Graph…..
Installing Office Converter Support…..
Installing Organization Chart…..
Installing Sounds…..
Installing Launch Setup Assistant…..
Installing Silverlight…..
Installing Required Components…..
Installing AutoUpdate…..
Installing Error Reporting…..
Installing Help Viewer…..
Installing Office Fonts…..
Installing Automator Actions…..
Installing Automator Workflows…..
Installing Dock Icons…..
Installing Office 2008 SP1 Update (12.1.0).mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/11
Installing Quit Microsoft Applications…..
Installing Office 2008 12.1.1 Update.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/12
Installing Quit Microsoft Applications…..
Installing Office 2008 12.1.2 Update.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/13
Installing Quit Microsoft Applications…..
Installing Office 2008 12.1.3 Update.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/14
Installing Quit Microsoft Applications…..
Installing Remote Desktop Connection.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/15
Installing RDC 2…..
Installing Error Reporting…..
Installing Help Viewer…..
Installing AutoUpdate…..
Installing Flip4Mac WMV.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/16
Installing QuickTime Components…..
Installing Web Browser Support…..
Installing Fusion.pkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/17
Installing Fusion…..
Installing iLife ’08.mpkg from ./InstallerFiles/CustomPKG/18
Installing Registration…..
Installing Registration…..
Installing Apple Intermediate Codec…..
Installing iLife Media Browser…..
Installing iPhoto…..
Installing iPhoto Additional Resources…..
Installing iMovie…..
Installing iDVD…..
Installing iDVD Themes…..
Installing GarageBand Application…..
Installing GarageBand Instruments…..
Installing GarageBand Loops…..
Installing GarageBand Loops…..
Installing GarageBand Magic Content…..
Installing iLife Sound Effects Loops…..
Installing iWeb…..
08:40:25 ######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
09:10:07 ######Creating the deployment DMG and scanning for ASR######
Rename the deployment volume: InstaDMG
Create a read-only image
Scanning image for ASR: ./OutputFiles/08-10-28.dmg
ASR image scan complete
09:23:36 ######Cleaning up######
Ejecting images
Removing scratch DMG
09:23:37 ######InstaDMG Complete######

Try re-packaging and you should have better success on your next run.

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