Steve McMahon wrote: > > Another thought. You mention seeing "/Users/steve" in the errors. >
No. I said the installer made the directories "Macintosh HD/Users/steve" within the [invisible] directory "/Volumes". Steve McMahon wrote: > > So, what's the processor on the target machine? Anything particularly old, > or new? > Steve McMahon wrote: > > So, if you've the patience for it, we need to figure out what's different > about your circumstances. Are you, for example, installing to a separate > volume? If so, anything different about that volume (mounted on a network, > ownership turned off, filevault turned on, XCode installed/XCode not > installed, Ports installed/ Ports not installed, ...) > First case was on a MacBook Pro early 2007 (revision c), 2.33 gHz, 2GB RAM, internal HDD, Three partitions: First: Mac OS 10.5.8; Second: 10.6.4 (always unmounted during a 'real' test); Third: 10.4.11, always automatically unmounted at startup, it is an 'emergency drive' created by TechTool Pro 4 for emergency repair and recovery only. (Oops, I just remembered something: speaking of TechTool Pro reminded me: when the installer failed the first time and deleted most all my applications, it also messed up my permissions database and I had to rebuild it using Techtool Pro 5. Disk Utility could not even find a database to read, it reported.) The first partition is the one I use almost all the time and is where it deleted my apps. On it I had Xcode 3.0, that's the version that came with the install disc. No "ports", though I have tried unsuccessfully to install various X11 applications via Macports and I have several WINE-ed applications which of course the Plone installer deleted and I had to remake some of them because my backup was too old. Second case was on a first gen iMac Core Duo 2.0 gHz 2GB RAM and on the internal HDD, running 10.4.11, no ports, no Xcode. Third case was on the MBP, but using a new external (Firewire) HDD partitioned into five volumes containing OSes: 10.4.11; 10.4.11 w/Xcode 2.5; 10.5.8 w/o Xcode and w/o any other software than what Apple supplies with a standard installation; and two more unused partitions with nothing installed as yet. I will soon install 10.6 and a linux dist of some kind (who knows what, I know nothing about linux yet). During the last test (using 10.5.8) all other volumes were unmounted so there was no access to any of the other volumes. No strange or unusual permissions or ownership. No "ports". No non-Apple software with the exception of this third party installer, "Pacifist" for testing the install with that. I may, as time allows, continue to test this, but only because I have a natural curiosity about this type of thing. Steve McMahon wrote: > > Trying some variations (like picking install targets with spaces in the > filename or deliberately engineering a situation where the installer could > not write a receipt), I was able to get the installer to fail, but it > failed noisily, not passively. > "Macintosh HD" has a space in it's name. Where's the receipt written to? Under what circumstances can't it write a receipt? -Dan -- View this message in context: http://plone.293351.n2.nabble.com/Plone-Installer-for-Mac-Failed-Deleted-Most-Applications-tp5492013p5548294.html Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
