[Casper] 10.5.6 Laptop Airport Issues - Build numbers

[Jason Halvorson]

Apple posts the build numbers included with new Macs in their knowledge
base:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159

You¹ll notice the 17-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2009) ships with build number
9G2141 and that the new Mac Pro (Early 2009) ships with 9G3553.  9G3553 is
sequentially higher than 9G2141.

Since the Mac Pro has the very latest build, it includes all of the drivers
for any older systems or earlier builds.  If you are expecting any Mac Pro
(Early 2009) models, you¹ll want to use that to build your base OS.

Once 10.5.7 is released, you won¹t have to pay to close attention to the
build numbers until a model is updated or a new product is released.  Always
verify the KB article mentioned above to verify.  Apple usually updates it
within a few days after new products are shipped.


Jason



From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:54:03 -0500
To: "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] 10.5.6 Laptop Airport Issues

Apple and JAMF both say you must always use the most recent hardware to
build your image.  Not all 10.5.6's are created equal.  It's important to
look at the build number.  The build is what is important.  On the new
macbooks and MBP's you'll notice that the build of the OS is 9S2110 or
larger.  The actual release of 10.5.6 available is 9S55.  9S55 will not have
the drivers for the latest white macbook or the latest iMac and also the
latest MBP.  So... you'll need to make a new base from that new hardware.
If it isn't really time sensitive I'd do yourself a favor and wait until
10.5.7, but if like me you didn't have that option, you'll need to make a
new base image.  I names mine 10.5.6_base_build9S2110.dmg instead of the
normal 10.5.x_base.dmg name scheme so that I know it's a special build.
 
Apple usually updates all the drivers at the next dot update.  10.4.11 did
not include these drivers, which means the aluminum iMacs that shipped with
Tiger will forever need a special build unless you purchase the Leopard
update.
 
John
 
-- 
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educationsl Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373

From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Wade, Evan C.
[ecwade at capousd.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:05 AM
To: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: [Casper] 10.5.6 Laptop Airport Issues

We are having a problem with imaging machines using a 10.5.6 base image.
Specifically, when the image is deployed onto newer Macbooks (both plastic
and aluminum) and MacBook Pros, the airport configuration does not work.
The WEP keys are still registered in the system keychain, and the airport
PLIST is correct, but the laptop will not join either wireless network.  I
have tried using an external keychain install package at imaging time paired
with an On-First-Run configuration AppleScript (using Keychain Scripting),
but it does not work in production, presumably due to limitations of
keychain scripting (the technique worked perfectly when run locally on
affected machines).
 
This base image includes all of the latest software updates as of yesterday
(including the AirPort client update).  Is anyone else experiencing this
issue, and (more importantly) have you found a fix that works consistently?
 
Evan Wade
TIS Support Technician - 949-234-5500
Capistrano Unified School District
 


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