installation failed

[kevinfoerster]

I tried to run installinstallmacos.py and ran into this error:

InstallESDDmg.pkg uses a deprecated pre-10.2 format (or uses a newer format but is invalid

I ran sudo installinstallmacos.py and tried to download 3 091-76233 10.13.4 17E199 Install macOS High Sierra

any idea how to fix this?

[kaj206]

Looks like the script works for macOS 10.13 and its iterations, but doesn't work for the new 10.14. Here is what I get, when trying to create the 10.14 beta installation: Making empty sparseimage... installer: Error - ERROR_F236DD3E91 Command '['/usr/sbin/installer', '-pkg', './content/downloads/14/24/091-86827/thf0au1mbnt6str2ea4sz847u7rg7qv2np/091-86827.English.dist', '-target', '/private/tmp/dmg.GWvJhV']' returned non-zero exit status 1 Product installation failed. Any chance for a fix? Thanks.

[gregneagle]

Works fine here:

Making empty sparseimage...
installer: Package name is macOS 10.14 Beta
installer: Installing at base path /private/tmp/dmg.5epjLu
installer: The install was successful.
Product downloaded and installed to /Users/Shared/munki-git/macadmin-scripts/Install_macOS_10.14-18A293u.sparseimage

[kaj206]

Hmmmm, I'll try it on a different machine. Perhaps the 10.13.5 beta is not suitable. Thanks for your prompt reply!

[kaj206]

Yay, can confirm a 10.14 Beta creation works fine on a non-beta OS. Problems solved. Thanks.

[gregneagle]

Current version works just fine here.

[gregneagle]

sudo ./installinstallmacos.py                                                                                                        Downloading https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.13seed-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz...
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/49/44/041-08708/vtip954dc6zbkpdv16iw18jmilcqdt8uot/InstallAssistantAuto.smd...
Downloading https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/49/44/041-08708/vtip954dc6zbkpdv16iw18jmilcqdt8uot/041-08708.English.dist...
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/06/091-82771/93ci062qh1hi2crhtc77wsyme21xhi8f0x/InstallAssistantAuto.smd...
Downloading https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/41/06/091-82771/93ci062qh1hi2crhtc77wsyme21xhi8f0x/091-82771.English.dist...
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/29/03/091-94326/45lbgwa82gbgt7zbgeqlaurw2t9zxl8ku7/InstallAssistantAuto.smd...
Downloading https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/29/03/091-94326/45lbgwa82gbgt7zbgeqlaurw2t9zxl8ku7/091-94326.English.dist...
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/34/47/041-03369/rsbnsn82mun7a480ipgu4r7inb0307i5sq/InstallAssistantAuto.smd...
Downloading https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/34/47/041-03369/rsbnsn82mun7a480ipgu4r7inb0307i5sq/041-03369.English.dist...
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/07/20/091-95774/awldiototubemmsbocipx0ic9lj2kcu0pt/InstallAssistantAuto.smd...
Downloading https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/07/20/091-95774/awldiototubemmsbocipx0ic9lj2kcu0pt/091-95774.English.dist...
 #    ProductID    Version    Build   Post Date  Title
 1    041-08708      10.14   18A391  2018-09-24  macOS Mojave
 2    091-82771    10.13.5   17F66a  2018-05-09  Install macOS High Sierra Beta
 3    091-94326    10.13.6    17G65  2018-07-11  macOS High Sierra
 4    041-03369      10.14  18A384a  2018-09-12  macOS Mojave Beta
 5    091-95774    10.13.6  17G2208  2018-07-30  macOS High Sierra

Choose a product to download (1-5): 1
Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/49/44/041-08708/vtip954dc6zbkpdv16iw18jmilcqdt8uot/RecoveryHDMetaDmg.pkg...
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Downloading http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/49/44/041-08708/vtip954dc6zbkpdv16iw18jmilcqdt8uot/BaseSystem.chunklist...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1948  100  1948    0     0  86351      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 88545
Making empty sparseimage...
installer: Package name is macOS Mojave
installer: Installing at base path /private/tmp/dmg.YvU3cc
installer: The install was successful.
Product downloaded and installed to /Users/Shared/munki-git/macadmin-scripts/Install_macOS_10.14-18A391.sparseimage
Making read-only compressed disk image containing Install macOS Mojave.app...
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created: /Users/Shared/munki-git/macadmin-scripts/Install_macOS_10.14-18A391.dmg
Disk image created at: ./Install_macOS_10.14-18A391.dmg