Lactobacillus P Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hi, can anyone help me here please. I have followed all the instructions and all ok for burning the dvd. I get to that last minute of installation and it crashes. I have even downloaded another copy of leopard burnt to SL DVD and the same thing happens at the end of installation. In the log error I get, localhost /Volumes/Mac Leopard/private/tmp/scripts.RzeB/ ./postinstall[426] File does not exist, Will create /Volumes/Mac /leopard/Library/prefernces/com.apple.pcast_integration.plist Then I get Could not save crash report to disk Then I get a huge list of the crash report. Like I said I downloaded Leopard again in case I had a problem with the first download. I have burnt several DVDs and have also gone through the process of creating a SL DVD several times, and I get the same thing happening. I have the new (only couple weeks old) iMac 2.4 ghz C2D with 3gb ram. I am running Tiger on my iMac Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Your 'couple of weeks old iMac' probably is no PPC machine but an Intel machine, this only works for PPC real macs. End of this month Leopard will be released so perhaps it's better to wait for the official release and put that on your mac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniser Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Your 'couple of weeks old iMac' probably is no PPC machine but an Intel machine, this only works for PPC real macs. End of this month Leopard will be released so perhaps it's better to wait for the official release and put that on your mac! Thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperionx Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 i've found that disk utility doesnt give me upto date stats on the size of the sparse image file...it keeps saying 1 gig free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniser Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Your 'couple of weeks old iMac' probably is no PPC machine but an Intel machine, this only works for PPC real macs. End of this month Leopard will be released so perhaps it's better to wait for the official release and put that on your mac! Well, I've done it and am writing this is Leopard !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karishbhr Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Ok. The full version has leaked. Does this method work with the final Gold Master? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Ok. The full version has leaked. Does this method work with the final Gold Master? Yes - it works. I'm on 9a581 now - installed from a single layer dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complex Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 9A581 from a single layer DVD here too. I removed Xcode, all printer drivers, and all languages. The final size was 4.2 GB I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwaterloo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 OMG, I just bought DVD+R DL today~~after that, I saw this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karishbhr Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 and you guys are using the method in the OP or a different one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falloutme Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Is there anyway i can burn it on a Windows PC? My Macbook doesn't burn DVD : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telephones Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 anyway, if u do this method of creating a install DVD, the boot time is 15min before it reaches the installer... thats the downside of this method... YMMV... Can anyone tell me if this is still true as of the GM? I tried this and I thought the system was hanging, but maybe it was just taking a long time. (I doubt I waited more than 15 minutes.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karishbhr Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I can confirm that this method works... just make sure you follow it step by step and dont take any liberties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telephones Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Can anyone tell me if this is still true as of the GM? I tried this and I thought the system was hanging, but maybe it was just taking a long time. (I doubt I waited more than 15 minutes.) Anybody? I think mine is going on a half hour now... should I give up, or let it keep going? (It's at the part where you'd be at the grey Apple logo with the spinny thing. I started it up with cmd-V, so it's showing me the console... the last messages are something to do with Bluetooth, though they don't look like error messages.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathalos Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Well, if u have a spare tiny hdd lying around, restore it to a hdd... that one i seriously die die recommend... took me 15min to install 9a581 from first start.... blazing fast if u do it from a hdd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saare2000 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 It seems like its not possible to get the size down to 4.3 with GM!. I only managed to get down to 6.1 gigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathalos Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 u can remove xcode, u can remove all languages except english.... and u can remove all forms of printer drivers... that should already save u lots of space and squeeze it down to a small size of about 4.2 or 4.3 Gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhays3 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 im working from the 9A581 build... is it possible to use these instructions?? i cant seem to get this method to work that is described here it always has an error regarding it cant find the disc or somemthing right at the end..... thanks again everyone ############################################## ######## REAL GUIDE HOW TO BURN ON SINGLE LAYER DISK###### ############################################## The other guides give an large image. This one is the real deal. Look for a program called Carbon Copy Cloner on google. Open the image in the program and deselect Xcode Tools Under System/Installation/Packages you will need to deselect some Printer Drivers and some language files. I only left the one I really use. Use disk utility and create a new image, size 4.7GB (SL DVD) and use this image as the destination in Carbon. Otherwise you might end up with a big file (7GB) with only 4GB of data on which isn't burnable on a SL DVD. Remember to deselect the same files under the installations options or the install will fail. IF YOU WANT ALL THE LANGUAGES FILES JUST INSTALL EACH PKG AFTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erhnam Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I removed Xcode, Language files and all printer files. DVD size is still 5.2GB, not enough. Do I need to remove the *Additional*.pkg files from the Installation directory as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complex Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Make sure you empty the trash after deleting the files, otherwise it won't reflect the new size properly in Disk Utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thanks guys, but I also wondering if it is possible to rip the PPC binaries out too (and vice versa), to make the disk smaller (like maybe half size). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuchdawg Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 you could try somthing like trim-app...I have never used it...but it might work http://lipidity.com/downloads/trim-app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1n3st Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 hmm, after i finished doing all of that, i burned the dvd and inserted it. i restarted my computer and the blue screen comes on with the little circle thing in the middle. my laptop keeps having these beeping noises, i've waited probably 20 minutes now and it still hasn't changed. so i guess i didnt something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henky Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 This guide did not work for me! It might be because I burned wrong this is how I did it: In disk utiliy I selected the burn image, clicked burn(upper left corner of the utiliy) and let it burn at 4X(I couldn't select any other speed) now when I boot my pc with the cd, it reads the cd for a moment, and then continues booting my normal system:S In windows the cd shows up as audio-cd with one file in it: track 01 the only files I deleted: everything with printer in it, and all languages except: french german and english How the hell do i get this right? thanks! (I downloaded my leopard, it's no beta, this should work on intel right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1n3st Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 This failed for me also, it has Install Failed Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer. The Installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Click Restart to restart your computer and try installing again. so what happened? why aint it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snowski Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Guys, I havent read through the whole thread but I think when you trim down the image you also need to deselect the options on install. So also deselect printers, languages, etc on the actual install. My apologies if this was a noob suggestion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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