[Casper] Imaging from Restore Partition

[Ernst, Craig S.]

Are you caching packages? If so then as larger packages get expanded to be installed they take up space on that drive temporarily. For example...if you have a large package like Creative Suite 3.

The solution...bigger Restore partitions, or don't cache packages. We increased our Restores from 10GB to 25GB a while back...this will also help when you move to Leopard.

If you aren't caching...no idea accept maybe a VERY large package you deploy.

Unless you re-image large numbers of machines at one time, like labs, or don't have large amounts of bandwidth to your file server for the JSS, then caching isn't really necessary IMO. We actually started to not put on a Restore partition in our faculty office installs since NetInstall images do what we need them to for imaging on a one at time basis as they typically are.

Labs still use a restore so I don't kill the file server when I launch a lab of 30 machines, at least when there aren't many package changes since last time. =)

Hope that helps.

Craig


On 3/15/08 10:08 PM, "Cyrus Vahhaji" <Cyrus.Vahhaji at bestbuy.com> wrote:

Hello all,

Wondering if anyone on the list utilizes a restore partition for imaging their machines. If so, dose Casper prompt you that you are running out of disk space during imaging? If so, is there a way to prevent getting this message? If not, any way to work around it? My restore partition is 10 GB and restore and have a pretty stripped down OS for restore. Currently using Casper 4.1, OS 10.4.10.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanx,
Cyrus
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