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Q: NetInstall: System Image Utility Crashes on macOS Sierra Image Creation

For those who have upgraded to macOS Sierra and attempted to create a NetInstall image of macOS Sierra using System Image Utility, have you had success? It appears to crash 100% of the time at the final step after entering the administrator password to begin image creation.

Mac mini, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 4:03 PM

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Q: NetInstall: System Image Utility Crashes on macOS Sierra Image Creation

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  • by swivet,

    swivet swivet Sep 20, 2016 5:58 PM in response to swivet
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    Sep 20, 2016 5:58 PM in response to swivet

    System Image Utility is functioning correctly on client macOS Sierra systems, so it appears to be an unknown issue with our server Mac.

  • by AntonVer,

    AntonVer AntonVer Sep 21, 2016 5:10 AM in response to swivet
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    Sep 21, 2016 5:10 AM in response to swivet

    I have the same issue on multiple Macs. Although I did succeed in creating a Netrestore image, System Image Utility still crashes on the creation of the Sierra Netinstall image.

  • by zmclearan,

    zmclearan zmclearan Sep 21, 2016 1:51 PM in response to swivet
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:51 PM in response to swivet

    I am having this issue as well. Every time I try and create a NetInstall image it will crash. I went ahead and ran SIU via terminal to see where it was crashing and this is what I found...

     

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  • by Brian Nesse,

    Brian Nesse Brian Nesse Sep 22, 2016 9:29 AM in response to zmclearan
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    Sep 22, 2016 9:29 AM in response to zmclearan

    I can reproduce this 100% on my laptop, but not at all on a MacPro or iMac. Maybe try a different class of machines?

  • by S.SubZero,

    S.SubZero S.SubZero Sep 22, 2016 4:10 PM in response to swivet
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    Sep 22, 2016 4:10 PM in response to swivet

    I can get the Sierra NetInstall image to create without issue (Server 5.2 on 10.12, Mac Mini).  However, the resulting NetInstall image is unusable.  It netboots, the "will partition the disk" thing comes on, and it just freezes.  My workflow is short, just Define Image Source > Partition Disk > Enable Automated Install > Add one package > Create Image.