Q: Has anyone gotten NetRestore to work?
For some reason, I can't get a Mac to do a successful NetRestore for the life of me.
It's simple:
- Used System Image Utility and created NetRestore image out of a computer (10.7.3) in target disk mode, enabled the image in NetBoot, and set it as default
- Computer recognizes the image when booted and browsing to "Startup Disks," but when actually booting into the image, the computer shows the spinning gear until the cows come home.
The console doesn't show any NetBoot-related information either, which isn't helpful. NetInstall (fresh copies of Lion) and an old NetInstall of Snow Leopard I have work great. So what is it about making a custom Lion NetRestore that's giving me trouble?
Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Posted on Feb 21, 2012 11:04 AM
Used System Image Utility and created NetRestore image out of a computer (10.7.3)
How did this computer get to 10.7.3? Did you update it to 10.7.3 using software update? If you did then that's your problem. You CANNOT use combo updates on systems that you intend to image for deployment. You can only use systems that have reference release of OS X. This means you need to use the Lion Installer from the App store to install lion on your model system and then image that.
Here's what I do:
- Obtain Lion installer from App Store
- Create a NetInstall image from the installer
- Connect an external HD to a Mac and NetBoot the Mac into the NetInstall image.
- Install OS X on the external HD and create model system.
- Unplug external HD from Mac and plug it into my server
- Remove tempory/cache/.DS_Store/junk files
- Image it
Posted on Feb 21, 2012 3:40 PM