[Casper] 10.5.6 Laptop Airport Issues

[Chad Brewer]

I know its not officially supported but I have the newest white macbooks
running 10.5.6 9G55 instead of the 9G2110 build they came with.  I havn't
noticed any problems with it so I figure they will be fine until 10.5.7
comes out.

Chad

John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> on April 8, 2009 at 4:54 PM
-0700 wrote:
>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
>
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>[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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