[Casper] Netbooting new Macbooks 10.5 server

[Cory Pratt]

We've been battling with netboot over the last few days, but have  
finally come up with a solution.  While we weren't having issues  
getting the computers to Netboot, we were having issues with the  
imaging process.

Our netboot server is 10.5.1, which may be the ultimate fix for your  
issue.  I believe Apple adds hardware information into the Netboot  
server with OS updates, and probably purposefully exluded machines  
that only boot 10.5 from the last 10.4 Server update.

We did find that checking the "Diskless" box for the 10.5 netboot  
image was vital to the imaging process.  If the box isn't checked, you  
can't even unmount Macintosh HD, or whatever the primary partition is  
on the disk.  Netboot must be using something on the local hard drive  
unless diskless is checked.

Cory Pratt
Systems Adminstrator
Bend-La Pine Schools


On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Dorey, Dustin wrote:

> Hey there,
> Has anyone encountered issues netbooting the new Macbooks that are  
> shipping with 10.5?
> Here’s the set up:
> 10.5.1 Netboot image built on 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ the intel  
> GMA X3100 chipset
> Booting an identical Macbook 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ the intel  
> GMA X3100 chipset
> From a 2x2.66 GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon XServ hosting 2 Netboot  
> images one 10.5.1 for intels and one 10.4.11 for PPCs
>
> Booting PPC machines works with a 10.4.11 image, and booting  
> Macbooks with the GMA 950 chipsets works with the 10.5.1 image so  
> the netboot images and service appears to be set up correctly.    
> Seems to be the only ones that aren’t working are the newest  
> machines with the chipset that only works with 10.5.
>
> Any suggestions?   Am I missing something simple?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
> Dustin Dorey
> Technology Support Cluster Specialist
> 14445 Diamond Path West
> Rosemount, MN 55068
> 952-423-7971
> dustin.dorey at district196.org
>
>
>
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