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How to PREVENT a .pkg from installing to a certain volume?
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How to PREVENT a .pkg from installing to a certain volume?


  • Subject: How to PREVENT a .pkg from installing to a certain volume?
  • From: Glenn Zelniker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:52:49 -0400

All,

I'm trying to build an installation package (using PackageMaker.app) that can only install to an external drive. This is for a product that runs from an external HDD and I want the installer to be idiot- proof. This means that I don't want the user to get confused and install to the root volume (or any other internal drive, as well). The installer is actually a software update to an existing product, so there are some "sentinel" files that I know will be on the external drive. I've tried using "Edit Package Requirements" under the "Configuration" tab and selecting the "File Exists sentinelFile == true" option, but this doesn't seem to work -- the root volume still gets allowed and the external drive doesn't.

Has anyone managed to get this to work?

Thanks in advance.

Glenn Zelniker

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