Disable default NetBoot image?

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Disable default NetBoot image?

Is there a way to disable default NetBoot images so that none will automaticly start, yet keep the NetBoot Service active? I'm setting up OS X server and need NetBoot to serve up a Diagnostic image to boot from. However I also currently have JAMF running off a seperate Ubuntu box serving up NetBoot to distribute configurable Mountain Lion images to set up new machines in an enterprise enviornment, and I don't want to interfere with that.

In otherwords I want the use experience to be such where if you hold down "N" the Mac will connect to the JAMF server automaticly, but if you hold down Option, you can see the other network images to access from the seperate OS X Server.

I'm gearing up to install the new server soon, and wanted to come prepared for the initial configuration before hand.

Thanks in advance!

OS X Server-OTHER, OS X Server

Posted on Aug 6, 2013 9:32 AM

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Aug 7, 2013 8:10 AM in response to DMCVegas

While it is possible to set a default image on the server, there is no requirement that you have one. If you simply never define an image as default, you shouldn't have a default image.

If you have an image defined as default, you will have to disable it by manually editing its NBImageInfo.plist and setting the IsDefault key to <false/>.

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