[Casper] Netboot and casper

[Miles Leacy]

In the past, I've done the following:1. Set up a configuration with the base
OS and the Casper tools.
2. Apply it to a test box & boot it
3. Enable root, set root to autologin
3. Store the JSS credentials in root's keychain
4. Set Casper Imaging as a login item for root.
5. Create a Netboot image from this box.

I would be careful, because if you boot a machine that has autorun data with
this image, it will boot, autologin as root, and then begin imaging.  But it
sounds like that's what you want.

I said I did this in the past.  What I've just started using is the Casper
NetInstall Image Creator from the Resource Kit.  This more or less gets you
to the same place with fewer steps.

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2008/12/5 Bozorgzadeh, Amir J <amir-bozorgzadeh at uiowa.edu>

>  Ok I did this in the past and for the life of me I cannot remember how.
>
> I am trying to create a netboot image. It will then autolaunch the Casper
> Imaging tool by placing it in my startup items of the netboot image. I got
> it all worked out up until... How do I set up the Casper Imaging tool to
> keep the settings so it installs my Base OS and other packages I want added
> to the base image on my client mac? Every time it launches from the startup
> it goes back to default settings. Is there documentation on the jamfsoftware
> website on how to do this? They talk about it briefly on the Support FAQ's
> but no links or anything on how to set it up. I am looking for a "zero
> touch" type solution.
>
> Hope that all makes sense.
>
> Thanks for any of your help.
>
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