Based on the research in Macrumours thread #1404548 by dead.xx, The following is my altered walk-through for creation of an installer for XServe2,1 (Xserve 2008)
My source is /dev/disk2
- Enable hidden files:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true && osascript -e 'quit app "Finder"'- (credit: Lauri Ranta
- Using the App Store, download — but do not run — Mavericks
- success is a directory created, called “/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks/”
- Mount the InstallESD disk:
hdiutil attach -noautoopen -noverify /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg- creates a /Volumes/OS X Install ESD
- Mount the Base System:
- hdiutil attach -noautoopen -noverify /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
- creates a /Volumes/OS X Base System
- use Disk Utility to format your installation media as HFS+:
diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk2 1 GPT HFS+ "Install OS X Mavericks" R- Note: the first partition as an EFI is assumed by GPT format
- Restore the Base System to your installation media:
asr restore --source /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg --target /dev/disk2s2 --erase --noprompt- might need “sudo”
- mounts a second “OS X Base System” as “/Volumes/OS X Base System 1”
- copy mach_kernel from the root dir of OS X Install ESD to the root dir of your installation media (not needed, same kernel)
- copy Packages from the root dir of Mac OS X Install ESD to /System/Installation of your installation source:
rm -fr /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Installation/Packagescp -r /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Installation/- In my case, /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Installation/Packages links to a non-existent PackageLink directory; skipping
- edit /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg (skipped)
- copy boot.efi form the patch (skipped: 64-bit hardware)
- edit /System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist to add board ID and name of the mac:
vi /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist- Add Mac-F42289C8 to the first list
- Add Xserve2,1 to the second list
-
$ diff -c /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
$ diff -c /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
*** /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist 2013-08-24 18:40:19.000000000 -0700
— /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist 2014-02-11 22:03:45.000000000 -0800
***************
*** 71,76 ****
— 71,77 —-
<string>Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F</string>
<string>Mac-942B5BF58194151B</string>
<string>Mac-F2218EC8</string>
+ <string>Mac-F42289C8</string>
</array>
<key>SupportedModelProperties</key>
<array>
***************
*** 127,132 ****
— 128,134 —-
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacPro3,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,1</string>
+ <string>Xserve2,1</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
- copy the modified PlatformSupport.plist to /System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot
cp /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist /Volumes/OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist
- boot the target using your installation media, and install; while installing:
- copy the modified PlatformSupport.plist to /System/Library/CoreServices/ while installing, before the reboot:
- open a terminal on the target
cp PlatformSupport.plist /System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist(to be confirmed)
Unfortunately, during installation, the installer contacts Apple to get a list of valid hardware. That fails me.
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