[Casper] Dual booting Macbooks!!!!

[Thomas Larkin]

Ironically, Virtual machine licenses like Parallels of VMware Fusion for that many clients is actually more expensive than a 1 year least of windows xp professional.  The developer is willing to pick up most of the tab if we just straight run windows.  Plus they can only guarantee us that it runs on windows, since it has never been heavily tested in virtual environments. 

I have used Bombich's tools in the past, and I guess I could just use them again to deploy a dual booting image.  I have about a month to complete this and get it rolled out to 6,000 machines.  So, basically I have the rest of this week to get it working because next week we start mass imaging.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
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>>> Tom Welch <tom.welch at venturethree.com> 06/30/08 2:03 PM >>>
Hi Thomas

Could you possibly look at using parallels? I know there is an extra  
cost but it would be very easy to push out with Casper. Then you could  
either deploy the virtual hd image or a virtual cd image pointing  
towards a ghost server to image the virtual machine. And if your  
developer is paying :p

I also think you might be able to use apple's net install to deploy  
bootcamp. But it might just be the partition. I've not fully looked  
into it.

Good luck!
-- 
Many Thanks
Tom Welch

On 30 Jun 2008, at 18:45, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> Guess I should clarify....
>
> The old mac version corrupts the database files on intel macs.  The  
> windows version works with out a hitch, hence the need to load  
> windows clients on the macs...
>
> Sorry Should have pointed that out to begin with.
>
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>>>> "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 06/30/08 12:36 PM >>>
> The problem is with this software to my knowledge is that it is  
> based on older PPC and classic architecture and while it does in  
> fact run under Rosetta when it writes results to their database it  
> corrupts it.  This is a problem particular to OS X so I think that  
> using a PPC emulator or even an API like crossover or perhaps even a  
> virtual machine will all be moot.  We have unlimited windows 98  
> client and I am installing a virtual machine of it right now via  
> virtual box.
>
> We can't pick up a new product because there is no way to migrate  
> the database to another technology.  The developer says they promise  
> a web based product by 2009, but what does that mean?  All it means  
> to me is that this next school year I will be forced to do whatever  
> it takes to get this software to work.
>
> This is a known issue and is why the developer offered to pay 90% of  
> our one year lease costs of WinXP Pro on 6,000 clients.
>
> I have done this before in iMac labs with Bombich's software and the  
> boot camp beta, and it all worked.  However, the 1:1 laptop  
> environment is a bit different.  After I get everything up and  
> running I got to make sure the machine is still locked down on both  
> sides since our students take their machines home, and because the  
> FCC and CIPA require us to filter their Internet surfing.
>
> This will be a project indeed.
>
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>>>> "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> 06/30/08 12:24  
>>>> PM >>>
> On 6/30/08 12:14 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>> Due to powers that be it looks like I must load Windows on all of  
>> our Macbooks
>> for one piece of software.  This is a critical piece of software  
>> that our
>> users need and there is no alternative, for a long story short.   
>> So, the
>> software company that is in question is offering to pay for 90% of  
>> the costs
>> for windows licenses for one year until they migrate their product  
>> to a web
>> based one.
>
> Any possibility at all that this could work in CrossOver Mac? I know  
> not
> every Windows application works but if it does work for your  
> application
> then it means less overhead.
>
> -- 
>
> bill
>
> William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
> MCS IT
> Merrill Communications, LLC
> (651) 632-1492
>
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