[Casper] Network Settings on Standard Images

[Leacy, Miles (US)]

Casper or not, I've always built images on the newest portable hardware available, then run the latest OS combo updater.  This always gives me an image that will be backward compatible with all supported hardware

If there is a newer desktop hardware release than the latest portable, after testing the image generated on the latest portable, you may need to create a seperate desktop image using the newer hardware, though when the next OS combo updater is released, you should be able to go back to using an image created from the latest portable.

Since the MacBook Air has some unique hardware, it may require its own base image.





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Sent: Tue May 13 12:12:45 2008
Subject: [Casper] Network Settings on Standard Images

Hello all, I am wondering if someone has a proven, rock star, strategy for creating base Leopard OS images for laptops vs. desktops in regards to networking settings, Airport, modems, etc.

All of our desktop machines are connected via Ethernet and none use Airport, nor any modems.  However, almost all of our laptops connect to the network via Airport, and in some rare cases via modem.

Is it a safe bet to include all the Airport and modems settings on a base OS image deployable to all platforms, even though the desktops will never use these settings?  Or do we need to created separate images for laptops and desktops.

Note, I thought about creating a Composer package just for laptop network settings, however there were quite a few byhost files that were created in the process, and to be honest, I am not sure how to handle those.

Thanks in advance for any help/information/strategies...
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Tim Nicometo
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