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2 Creating Boot and Install Images
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for preparing
boot or install images that can be used with NetBoot service.
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
 “Creating Mac OS X Boot Images” on page 29
 “Creating Mac OS X Install Images” on page 35
 “Adding Software to Boot and Install Images” on page 37
 “Adding Post-Install Scripts to Install Images” on page 41
Creating Mac OS X Boot Images
The instructions in this section show how to create boot images of the Mac OS X
operating system that you can use to start up client computers over the network.
As of Mac OS X Server10.4.4, you can create NetBoot images for Intel-based and
PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. To do so, you must have Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later
and the latest version of System Image Utility. Use Software Update to ensure that you
have the latest version.
Creating a Mac OS X Boot Image
You use System Image Utility to create Mac OS X NetBoot images.
Note: You must purchase an OS user license for each client that starts up from a
NetBoot disk image.
To create a boot image:
1 Log in to the server as an administrative user.
2 Open System Image Utility.
3 If creating an image from a Mac OS X v10.2 source, enable image compression.
If the image is not compressed, it might not boot. See “Compressing Images to Save
Disk Space” on page 34 for more information.
4 Click New Boot.
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