On May 6, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Ryan Lovett wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:52:19PM -0400, Rusty Zink Myers wrote:
I have to upgrade a bunch of machines to leopard and I want to use
netboot to do it. I have been able in the past, and still can, to use
the Leopard installer dvd and system image utility to create an
netinstaller that will upgrade the machines. What I would like to add
is the iLife package, as well as some others. I have tried to add it
to a custom SIU workflow, but it's been unsuccessful so far. I have
tried to use the metapackage at the root of the install dvd for ilife,
as well as the individual packages within the metapackage. When I
netboot a macbook, I can see the installer choices, but can't choose
them. I would really like to push iLife with the leopard upgrade,
rather than some other method.
Any suggestions, hints, similar experiences, etc? Thanks in advance.
I use the InstaDMG workflow to install the iLife '08 packages into an image
which I then prepare for NetInstall via SIU. (though I use my own python
script rather than InstaDMG's bourne script) I was able to use the mpkg on
the iLive '08 DVD for this.
Ryan
Yeah, I can get iLife on an instaDMG workflow fine, but the problem there is that it creates another image to deploy, not a networked leopard installer disc that I can use to upgrade or archive and install. If I used parts of the InstaDMG script, I could use SIU to create a netinstall of the leopard installer, then target disk mode the newly updated machine and then run iLife installer. Or I could house the iLife installer on a file share. Or use ARD to do it, but these all require another step that I have to start, hence defeating the automation part that I'm gunning for.
I suppose I could try to script it so the updated machine, at first boot, downloads and installs the iLife package, but, isn't that what SIU is for!
A little more info, I can use other packages I created, like firefox, to install with the SIU, but why not iLife?? I guess I could re-package it, but come on, where is the fun in that! |
