pedz
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Has anyone seen (and solved) a problem when a client boots from a network install image, the netboot green dot in the Server Admin panel turns bright grey (not dull grey like the others) and the "settings" tab disappears (if netboot is selected). The client gets stuck and the netboot stuff seems to get totally hosed. I have to reboot to recover.
This saga started when I bought a Quad G5. I want to load it with Mac OS X Server. But my CD's and DVD is 10.4.0 and the Quad panics when it boots from them.
My current server is running 10.4.4. Its a Dual 1.25Ghz MDD.
I've created the install image a number of different ways. One method worked -- and that was the first I tried. That method was to do a fresh install on a fresh disk on the G4. Boot from that disk and do a minimal set up, pull over the updates to update it from 10.4.0 to 10.4.4. Then boot back to the original server boot disk, make a network install image with System Image Utility from the new disk, serve it up, and it worked fine (the G5 did the network boot and install).
The other methods I tried doing the update by various means. In these scenarios, I first start with a fresh install of 10.4.0 on a new disk (just like before) (on the G4) but I never boot from it. Then I try various ways to apply the update. Make the network install image as before and serve it up. In all these scenarious, I get the weird netboot behavior I described in the first paragraph.
I've tried to apply the update using installer from the command line. I've tried just doing the update via the GUI (double click the mpkg and point it to the new disk instead of the disk I'm running off of). I've tried adding the update packages to the unupdated network install image. In all those different methods, netboot (or network install) just craps out in this weird way.
The problem with the first method is when I'm done, the host is not in a "fresh" install state but rather in a minimal set up state. Its a small difference. And there is no practical reason for me to be wasting this much time on the problem. But it just seems soooo close to doing what I want.
I hope this message isn't too long and too confused. If anyone has any helpful suggestions, I'd love to hear about them.
Thank you,
This saga started when I bought a Quad G5. I want to load it with Mac OS X Server. But my CD's and DVD is 10.4.0 and the Quad panics when it boots from them.
My current server is running 10.4.4. Its a Dual 1.25Ghz MDD.
I've created the install image a number of different ways. One method worked -- and that was the first I tried. That method was to do a fresh install on a fresh disk on the G4. Boot from that disk and do a minimal set up, pull over the updates to update it from 10.4.0 to 10.4.4. Then boot back to the original server boot disk, make a network install image with System Image Utility from the new disk, serve it up, and it worked fine (the G5 did the network boot and install).
The other methods I tried doing the update by various means. In these scenarios, I first start with a fresh install of 10.4.0 on a new disk (just like before) (on the G4) but I never boot from it. Then I try various ways to apply the update. Make the network install image as before and serve it up. In all these scenarious, I get the weird netboot behavior I described in the first paragraph.
I've tried to apply the update using installer from the command line. I've tried just doing the update via the GUI (double click the mpkg and point it to the new disk instead of the disk I'm running off of). I've tried adding the update packages to the unupdated network install image. In all those different methods, netboot (or network install) just craps out in this weird way.
The problem with the first method is when I'm done, the host is not in a "fresh" install state but rather in a minimal set up state. Its a small difference. And there is no practical reason for me to be wasting this much time on the problem. But it just seems soooo close to doing what I want.
I hope this message isn't too long and too confused. If anyone has any helpful suggestions, I'd love to hear about them.
Thank you,
