[Casper] [BULK] Re: Casper 7.1 OS Image Building

Fri Oct 23 13:14:28 PDT 2009

So, interesting thing happened on the way to the image.....

I tried using my machine to set the "Mac OS X Installer" flag in Casper
Admin, but it would not let me.  Complained that the installer could not be
run on my system.  Now my machine is running 10.6.2 (latest dev build of the
beta) and the disc that I was trying to use was a 10.6 disc.

So, I tried on a system running 10.5.7, but still received the no go.  So on
a hunch I installed the 10.6 installer onto my external hard drive and lo
and behold I was able to open the image as an OS X Installer in Casper
Admin.

Can anyone else confirm this?  Do we only have the ability to open images
for the same level OS as the machine you are on?

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  I am complaining my newest one right now, so hopefully it works.  My
> 10.5.7 image on the new iMac works but I don't want that image on there, I
> want to do package based and then make comps for specific usage.
>
> >>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 10/23/09 11:57 AM >>>
>
> Once you make an image from the installer disk, there is no need to mount
> it and take an OS snapshot. All you need to do is drop the image of the
> installer disk into the Casper Admin and check the box that it is an OS X
> installer.
>
>
>   My image came from a Mac Pro that has the highest build for any of our
> Macs. I also have dropped the 10.5.8 combo updater into the admin and made
> that part of the configuration.
>
>
>   The one thing I have noticed is, if I try and image from that config
> that has the installer, it will lock up sometime during the install. If I
> compile the image first, it works every time.
>
>
> --
> Alan Benedict
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> The Integer Group
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>
>
>
>
>   On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Thomas Larkin
>
> <tlarki at kckps.org>
>
> wrote:
>
>>  Here is my issue....
>>
>>
>>  I took a 10.5.0 retail DVD and made an image of it. I then mounted it
>> and took a OS snap shot with Composer. I am testing this now, but previously
>> I had just dropped the image into Casper Admin and told CA that it was an OS
>> X installer. It gave me the options to create an install and when it block
>> copies to the iMac, it just block copies the actual image. It doesn't lay
>> down the OS installed. Now I also told it to install the 10.5.8 combo update
>> as well, which it doesn't seem to do that either. I am currently playing
>> with it, and will post back when I figure out how to get it done.
>>
>>
>>  How do you guys deploy updates? I was thinking I may have to convert an
>> update to source and then compile it with my OS image to create a 10.5.8
>> base image?
>>
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>
>>  Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>   >>> Don Montalvo <donmontalvo at gmail.com> 10/23/09 9:27 AM >>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Okay, I thought I heard that Casper 7.1 allowed for a "build train"
>> > like
>> > InstaDMG uses for building OS install images. I know I heard Josh
>> > Wisenbaker mention it Tuesday at an Apple Enterprise event here in
>> > Dallas,
>> > however I am having a difficult time figuring out how it works.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to use this feature in Casper 7?
>> >
>> > I thought the process was to add the DVD image of your OS, whether the
>> > Retail DVD or a Drop In box DVD that comes with machines, into
>> > Casper Admin
>> > and then build a configuration. However, that didn't work for me.
>> >
>> > I'm looking for the same functionality of InstaDMG.
>> >
>> > Anyone?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Steve Wood
>> > Director of IT
>> > swood at integer.com
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> First, thanks for your recent demo of Casper at your office in Dallas.
>> It was comforting to see InstaDMG working along side Casper. You
>> demonstrated reimaging a Mac, where the process included automagically
>> layering on CS4 (Adobe's Silent Install). The time and effort are
>> greatly appreciated. If there are any other shops in the Dallas (DFW)
>> area, I'd love to see how you're using it in your environment
>> (breakfast or lunch is on me!). :)
>>
>> I'm heading to west coast to meet our front end guys who bought Casper
>> for this client to review the strategy for this client. I'm holding to
>> my InstaDMG workflow until Casper's imaging toolset achieves feature
>> parity. InstaDMG has a workflow that satisfies a lot of the process
>> requirements for us. Hopefully that'll be soon, since I have to ramp
>> up for image production for all our clients from here at our back
>> office location. JAMF are helping us to develop a strategy for multi-
>> tiered support model.
>>
>> In conversations with some Casper and InstaDMG users, the consensus
>> was that Casper Imaging and even Apple's System Image Utility in 10.6
>> are not yet at the level of the InstaDMG workflow. Hopefully JAMF will
>> add in all the InstaDMG flexibility and controls, so we can lay
>> InstaDMG down to rest. JAMF certainly backs up their product with firm
>> commitments and resources.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
>>
>> Don Montalvo
>> Dallas, TX
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