[Casper] Problems installing iLife 06 & iWork 06 with Netboot

[James Nairn]

Hello all,

As part of a restructuring exercise we are trying to use .pkg  
installers with Casper if the software is distributed in that format.  
This is a departure from making .dmg packages for each application no  
matter what format the software originally was in. This plan has  
worked well so far but I'm having problems with the latest versions  
of iLife & iWork.

I have simply taken the root .mpkg installer in both cases and added  
it to the Packages folder. However Casper will not install the  
software correctly. When the Mac is netbooted and diskless then  
copying the package to /tmp uses all the available disk space. The  
install then fails and the Mac complains with a disk full alert.

When the iLife package is broken apart into the individual apps then  
command line installation fails with a message along the lines of  
"You must use the main installer and choose custom install in install  
individual apps".

Has anybody got around this problem?

Thanks,

James

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James Nairn								mailto:jwrn3 at cam.ac.uk
Macintosh Systems Specialist			
University of Cambridge Computing Service
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