Questions tagged [netboot]
Apple technology for booting Macs over the network. NetBoot, NetInstall, and NetRestore and related imaging topics.
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NetBoot Server - How to store the netboot images on a shared disk?
I'm a long time user of apple's NetBoot system. Although this system is totally dead on new machines, I still use it from time to time when I'm working on old systems. My home server is a 2012 Mac ...
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iMac shows a "flashing globe" screen and then continues to startup normally
I have another particular issue with my iMac. Every time I hold the N key on startup to boot from a NetBoot server, it shows a globe icon (I know it was flashing) for just 20-30 seconds and then it ...
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launchctl config file location?
I'm trying to configure a NetBoot image so that a script will automatically launch on the target machine after it boots from the image I've been using this article as a reference: https://medium.com/...
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NetBoot Server Alternatives for macOS 10.14 Mojave?
Apple has removed, among many other things, DHCP serving and NetBoot Serving from their 'server' app in conjunction with the new OS. This won't affect 99.5% of people but I'm in the minority. I fix ...
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Which NetBoot Server Am I Booted From?
Is there a way I can tell which NetBoot server a client machine has booted off of, from within the client machine itself? This is kind of an obscure question, but I am in an environment that has two ...
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How do I setup a NetBoot of El Capitan using Lion Server?
I have an old MacBook running Lion Server that I want to be an El Capitan NetBoot server. I downloaded the Install El Capitan Application on a supported computer, and then copied it to the ...
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Add Directory Service to macOS image
I'm trying to add an Active Directory service to macOS image. I know how to bind AD on a Mac but I was looking for an automated way to do it for a large deployment 50–100 Macs, i.e add it in an image ...
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NetInstall fails when downloading kernelcache
When trying to boot a NetInstall or NetRestore image over the network all works fine until the client tries to download the kernelcache file. At block 3005, the client keeps sending ACKs for block ...
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Cannot boot to NetInstall image
I have one Mac Mini with Server installed and the NetInstall service On. It looks like this: I plugged an ethernet cable into this Mini, and plugged the other end into a MacBook. I'm now trying to ...
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Unable to create a NetBoot image on Sierra
I've been trying for a couple of ways in every way imaginable to create a Netboot image for sierra. Up until now I've tried doing the following: - Mounting the disk from a vm and using that as source -...
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Install Mac OS X via network across different subnets
We have more than 70 subnets and lots of switches. I want to install Mac OS X to client computers. By the way the computer may have an operating system installed or not. I want to put an Apple Server ...
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OSX Server Cannot Find itself [closed]
Everything was working perfectly last week when I left it and no-one (accessible by only 4 people in our IT department) has touched it. Okay, we use OS X server and Deploy Studio to manage our apple ...
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Mac NetInstall does not send booter on specific devices
Using Mac Server on 10.9, with only NetInstall working (we use InfoBlox for DHCP) I can successfully NetBoot to our only image from a iMac Pro (Core2Duo), but not from a MacBook Pro (Intel i7, ~2012). ...
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Netboot cannot get DHCP IP address
Testing netboot on a Macbook Pro 9,2 with Yosemite installed. Infoblox DHCP/DNS (Linux style) giving out IP address. Reservation for this Mac is set - Logging into OSX provides correct IP etc. I have ...
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Automated mass MAC Address and Serial Number collection with NetBoot or NetRestore
I work in an environment that utilizes OS X Server's NetBoot and NetRestore on a daily basis for preparing Macs for resale. I am working on a new, custom image for a customer that has a special ...
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