[K12OSN] netbooting Macs from Linux....how?

[Heath Henderson]

There are some items out there with a good google.  I read through some a
while back.  They are pretty in depth though.


One thing we have started / will be using is radmind from U of Utah.


Regardless of OS (as long as it has a *nix OS on it.  You can setup radmind
to be an imaging prospect, updates are handled as well.


You can run it from a Mac server, linux server.  Mac workstation, etc.
There are even some windows plans I believe.  I also don't know how it works
with Unix services for windows as that might allow you to image windows
computers as well.


You can update from say 10.1 to 10.1.5 or 10.1 to 10.3 without even going to
the machine.  


I have all of the documentation right from their website.  It is not too bad
to get going.  Once our spring break is over, I am finishing the setup (now
that I have had time to figure it out while the kids were gone!).



Hope that helps.


-- 
Heath Henderson
Assistant Technology Administrator
McLean County Unit 5 Schools
Normal, IL 61761
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On 3/25/04 10:35 AM, "David Trask" <dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us> wrote:

> Anyone doing this?  Can you share how?  I'd really like to be able to
> netboot OS X machines from a Linux box.....
> 
> "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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