From 5fbced748825cabe88c7eb197ee9fe37cbcce353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Neagle Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:18:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1473e9d..612fedb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Command '['/usr/sbin/installer', '-pkg', './content/downloads/07/20/091-95774/aw Product installation failed. ``` -Use a compatible Mac or select a diffrent build compatible with your current hardware and try again. +Use a compatible Mac or select a diffrent build compatible with your current hardware and try again. You may also have success running the script in a VM; the InstallationCheck script in versions of the macOS installer to date skips the checks (and returns success) when run on a VM. Run `./installinstallmacos.py --help` to see the available options. From f989a483b83ae8a8ddbe9b076411e705b6a254df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Kurtz Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:45:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fixing typo --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 612fedb..e21ca13 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Command '['/usr/sbin/installer', '-pkg', './content/downloads/07/20/091-95774/aw Product installation failed. ``` -Use a compatible Mac or select a diffrent build compatible with your current hardware and try again. You may also have success running the script in a VM; the InstallationCheck script in versions of the macOS installer to date skips the checks (and returns success) when run on a VM. +Use a compatible Mac or select a different build compatible with your current hardware and try again. You may also have success running the script in a VM; the InstallationCheck script in versions of the macOS installer to date skips the checks (and returns success) when run on a VM. Run `./installinstallmacos.py --help` to see the available options. From 9b6c4cab9c60d540f0a0bc0df4e5e2f4fe24a007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Neagle Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:47:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md --- README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e21ca13..4dd575c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ This command converts the output of Imagr's `make nbi` into a bootable external This script can create disk images containing macOS Installer applications available via Apple's softwareupdate catalogs. -It does this by downloading the packages from Apple's softwareupdate servers and then installing them into a new empty disk image. +Run `./installinstallmacos.py --help` to see the available options. + +The tool assembles "Install macOS" applications by downloading the packages from Apple's softwareupdate servers and then installing them into a new empty disk image. + +If `/usr/bin/installer` returns errors during this process, it can be useful to examine `/var/log/install.log` for clues. Since it is using Apple's installer, any install check or volume check scripts are run. This means that you can only use this tool to create a diskimage containing the versions of macOS that will run on the exact machine you are running the script on. @@ -39,8 +43,6 @@ Product installation failed. Use a compatible Mac or select a different build compatible with your current hardware and try again. You may also have success running the script in a VM; the InstallationCheck script in versions of the macOS installer to date skips the checks (and returns success) when run on a VM. -Run `./installinstallmacos.py --help` to see the available options. - #### make_firmwareupdater_pkg.sh This script was used to extract the firmware updaters from early High Sierra installers and make a standalone installer package that could be used to upgrade Mac firmware before installing High Sierra via imaging.