[Casper] InstaDMG and casper

[Smith, William]

From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500

> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking about just
> doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in the casper
> client and do the rest from casper.
> 
> Any experience with this?
  
Will you be installing volume licensed software (one serial number) and will
most of the machines be the same?

You might want to consider Casper Admin 7.0's new feature for compiling
monolithic images from configurations. A compiled image, I believe, would
install using a block copy, which is much faster than installing via typical
methods.

I haven't had a need for this yet but would be interested in someone else's
experiences.

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bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492