This is an introductory tutorial on using InstaDMG, a OSX package and image maker, to create clean never booted disk images of OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion.
I have try to find my mountain lion installesd.dmg can not find it anywhere to content and there is no sharesupport folders in my mountain lion. Can ot create a usb. Can anyone tell me how or what happen to it.
Previous tutorials on InstaDMG and OSX 10.7 has three parts, base image, base image + user, base image + user and system modifications.
For those not familiar InstaDMG is a powerful command line tool application used to produce clean never booted OS X images, these images can include OSX incremental upgrades as well as 3rd party software and scripts.
This guide is for getting a clean never booted up to OSX 10.8.4 Mountain Lion Image. You will need the OSX 10.8 installer which is named the InstallESD.dmg
Get InstaDMG
Navigate to your home and create a directory name ‘instadmg’ and change directory to it.
Download InstaDMG.
Updating InstaDMG
As new OSX updates are made available the InstaDMG code is changed to include the new upgrades, to update InstaDMG, move into the directory it is installed in and run the svn update command:
Preparing the Base OS X 10.8 Image
After the InstaDMG is downloaded the next step is to make a base installation image of OS X 10.8 Extract the InstallESD.dmg from the Lion.app after it is downloaded from the App Store and before it is installed, as when it is installed the app is then deleted – this guide shows how to reveal the InstallESD.dmg and also a guide to burn a generic copy of 10.8 to disk.
Move the InstallESD.dmg file from Mountain Lion in the path below in your InstaDMG location and move onto the next section:
Using the Catalog File
The catalog file is the all important file that contains the installer build numbers plus all the incremental OSX updates, the latest version of InstaDMG now has an OSX Mountain Lion 10.8 catalog file as at version revision 480.
– The OSX 10.8 Build number for the initial build is at the top, 12A269, 12B19, 12C54, 12D78, 12E55
– Below are the OSX incremental updates in the format of name, download link and SHA1 encryption key – these are tab separated on one line per item (grab shows them soft wrapped).
– If you don’t want to include a certain update in the build just add a comment (#) to the beginning of the line.
If you only have an older install build you can add the latest OSX 10.8.4 combo, by adding in the update in the OS Updates section just paste in the line below.
Make The OSX Image
Move into the InstaDMG location and to build the image you run the all important instaUp2Date command with sudo.
The .catalog extension does not need to be added in running the command. The command will take a while to run depending on your RAM and processor power. The OS X incremental updates are downloaded and stored on your local drive, future builds will only pull down new updates.
The disk image is spat out in the directory – “~/InstaDMG/OutputFiles” named “10.8 Vanilla.dmg” which is the all-encompassing new master image. The final output at the tail of the command in the Terminal will be like this:
And there you have it one OSX 10.8 image ready for deployment, which can be used in any deployment method including ASR, DeployStudio or as a NetBoot image.
You may get errors when running the command above such as:
But you do have the installer disc filed in the right place! – just reboot and try again.
Restoring via ASR
You could push this image to another drive using ASR – this will erase your target Volume:
Part 2 of this InstaDMG tutorial takes you through setting up a local user account on the images and adding files that allow you to bypass registration process.
Mountain Lion Installed 10.47.50 Pm.dmg
- NOTES:
- OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 1 Release Notes
- Installation Notes
- OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview is prerelease software. Do not use this prerelease software in a commercial operating environment or with important data. You should back up all of your data before installing this software and regularly back up data while using the software. You will not be able to upgrade from the Mountain Lion Developer Previews to the final Mountain Lion release.
- If an installation of the Mountain Lion Developer Preview fails, try using Disk Utility from the Recovery HD to repair the disk. When installing on an NVDIA machine, moving windows or scrolling while in the install environment may cause the installer to crash.
- This Mountain Lion Developer Preview is not fully localized. Clipped text, untranslated UI, and functional issues should be expected in languages other than English.
- System Requirements
- OS X Mountain Lion requires a Mac with a 64-bit kernel. Mountain Lion supports the following Mac models:
- MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, 2.4/2.2 GHz), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
- Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
- Known issues
- 32-bit kernel extensions are not supported in Mountain Lion
- AirPlay mirroring is not supported with the with the current version of the Apple TV software
- The Game Center Server environment is set to Sandbox. Existing Sandbox accounts may be used, or you may create a new account
- Game & Friend Recommendations are not supported
- Friends can view games in common but not friends' other games
- No email vetting and friend requests to un-vetted email addresses are allowed
- No support for out of network friend requests is provided
- Game matchmaking versioning restrictions are more relaxed
- Some of the Game Detail information does not display (Game Provider, Pricing, etc.) in this Developer Preview
- No badges shown for Friend Requests
- Leaderboards, Achievements, or Players may be displayed incorrectly. To resolve this issue quit Game Center and re-launch
- The new Notes application does not currently import the following types of notes:
- Notes existing in sub-folders of IMAP accounts
- Notes in these accounts will be available in Mail
- Notes shared via Messages may not include note content
- Screen Sharing may not work between OS X Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard or earlier OS X releases in this Developer Preview
- AppleScript is not fully functional in this Developer Preview
- AppleScripts used to launch Applications which are not already open will time out
- AppleScripts may not be able to send AppleEvents to Mail
- DVD Player may not launch after inserting a DVD on some systems
- DVD Movie Playback does not work on certain NVIDIA GPUs
- Horizontal metrics for Apple SD Gothic Neo are narrower than in AppleGothic. Applications localized to Korean may experience text layout underflow in multi-line text strings
- Video content with displays that use HDCP may experience graphics corruption on certain NVIDIA GPUs
- Enabling display rotation causes kernel panic on certain NVIDIA GPUs
- Signing into Setup Assistant with your AppleID does not sign you into iCloud
- NSDocument-based applications which use auto-save & iCloud entitlements will be opted into the new Document Library automatically. The option to disable this is not currently available
- Kernel, kexts, and zones are now based at unpredictable addresses at each boot. The addresses in the kernel symbol table are unslid, and will not accurately reflect a running system. Provided that Xcode 4.4 gdb is used, KASLR is transparent to kernel debugging
- To temporarily disable KASLR, set 'slide=0' in the boot-args
- Panics may occur when a Port Multiplier or PCI eSATA drive is attached
- While booted into the Recovery Partition, you may be unable to connect to WiFi networks
- Safari does not function in the Recovery Partition
- Restoring from network backups in the Recovery Partition may fail
- Bug Reporting
- This build is being provided to you for testing and development purposes. Should you encounter any problems, please submit a bug report using the online Bug Reporter at <http://bugreporter.apple.com/>;. Please make sure to include '10.8 (12A128p)' in the bug title and description. This information will ensure that your bug is processed quickly.
- When submitting a bug report, please make sure to include a Summary, Steps to Reproduce, Expected Results, Actual Results, and the diagnostic output generated by running ‘sudo sysdiagnose’ in the Terminal.
- For complete instructions on submitting bug reports, please visit the Bug Reporting page at <http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/>;.
- Thank you for your support.
- By default, OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview builds automatically send anonymous diagnostic and usage data back to Apple. This includes information about crashes, freezes, kernel panics, and information about how you use Apple and third-party software, hardware, and services. This information is used to help Apple improve the quality and performance of its products and services. If necessary, this setting can be disabled in the Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy preference pane.
- Legal Notices
- The software identified above is Apple Confidential Information and your use of such software is subject to the Apple Developer Connection Programs Terms and Conditions, including the Prototype License and Confidentiality Agreement attached thereto. Distributing the software to anyone other than an ADC member who is working for the same entity as you is considered a violation of your agreement with Apple and is damaging to both Apple and those who develop for the Apple platform. We sincerely appreciate your efforts to keep this software Confidential.
- You agree that you will not export or reexport any of the software or Confidential Information received from Apple (a) into (or to a national or resident of) any U.S. embargoed countries (currently, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria) without first obtaining proper authorization from the U.S. Government; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Person's List or Entity List. You also agree that you will not use said software for any purposes where prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weapons.
- This Developer Preview seed note is an appendix to the Prototype License and Confidentiality Agreement between Apple Computer, Inc. and the addressee.