[K12OSN] Mac Client Limitations (long email)

[jamie]

Maybe now what your looking for but heres what I do.

mac OSX Server 10.2 installed on an imac in each subnet with netboot server
SW loaded.

I use a netrestore image from bombich.com

I use our novell dhcp server for IP addresses.

I host the final disk image on our more powerful Linux file server.

So what happens is the client mac boots up. Gets a DHCP address, gets a
system folder from the imac. The system folder it get is all set up to
connect to the linux box and install the disk image.

It's super slick. All I have to do is power on the machine, hold down the n
key till the flashing earth pops up and that¹s it. I come back 10 minutes
later and it's reimaged and booted into the new OS!

Check out netrestore on bombich.com for more detailed info on how it works.
- Jamie  




On 3/24/04 7:00 AM, "David Trask" <dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us> wrote:

> "A technical support and discussion community for users of the K12OS
> Linux distribution." <k12osn at redhat.com> writes:
>> That would be 
>> great -- and since I have 2 labs booting MacOS from a linux server
> 
> I'm working on re-working my current Mac OS X imaging situation (Maine has
> iBooks for every 7th and 8th grader in the state).
> http://web.vcs.u52.k12.me.us/RID
> 
> Anyway, I'm very intrigued as to how you are netbooting Macs from a Linux
> server....can you send me a how-to or point me to one and help me get one
> set up?  Doing so may allow me to "invent" a pure open source way to "mass
> image" laptops using a linux server.  :-)  That'd be cool.
> 
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
> (207)923-3100
> 
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