There is quite a lot of him in the documentary I am working on called Welcome to Macintosh - http://www.welcometomacintosh.com/ He spoke with us for a couple of hours about the personal computer revolution, his time at Apple, open source, all kinds of things my girlfriend finds much less interesting than I do. Luckily we are going to put most of his interview on the DVD as extras. Once you start listening to him tell a story it's hard to stop.
I use this method at a high turn around, needed-it-yesterday rental house. Granted I only need to do about 10-15 systems at a time, but this non-automated way to 'Clone' Mac systems may be helpful.
Server:
- OS X 10.3 Server NetBooting 10.3 with Diskless option selected
- A network accessible shared folder.
Client:
Any Mac configured exactly the way you want it.
To make the Master image:
NetBoot your template machine and use Disk Utility to 'Make Image' of the host computers HD - Save image to your shared folder.
NetBoot your target system. Make accessible your disk image that you saved in your shared folder.
Use Disk Utility to format its hard drive.
Use Disk Utility to do a 'Restore' using the image as the 'Source' and the Mac HD as the target.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Things to consider:
Machine specific components, processor speed differences, etc. Make new images for different processor class machines. (i.e., Dual 1 Gig has much different architecture than a Dual 1.25, but the 1.25 is very similar to the 1.42 (FW800 on both).
Safest bet is to make an image for each config/machine variation.
A 2 gig image takes me about 20 Minutes. Be mindful that system speed and disk configuration will greatly affect performance.
For more speed: RAID 0
For redundancy: RAID 1
For balance: RAID 5
Your network architecture also plays a vital role, especially when attempting simultaneous restores. Most all Macs come with GigE now. If your IT budget can swing it, I would highly recommend picking one up (a GigE switch that is).
Even if you use some of the other software recommendations, hard disk speed, network architecture and superfluous demand on the system will all play a big role the time it takes to complete.
There are many ways to stream line this process, however this is what I need and this is what I do. I am always looking for new ways to automate and make easier the restore process.
Already have Ghosting down to a science on the PC side of things.
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It's live long and PROSPER, not THRIVE...
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There is quite a lot of him in the documentary I am working on called Welcome to Macintosh - http://www.welcometomacintosh.com/ He spoke with us for a couple of hours about the personal computer revolution, his time at Apple, open source, all kinds of things my girlfriend finds much less interesting than I do. Luckily we are going to put most of his interview on the DVD as extras. Once you start listening to him tell a story it's hard to stop.
I use this method at a high turn around, needed-it-yesterday rental house. Granted I only need to do about 10-15 systems at a time, but this non-automated way to 'Clone' Mac systems may be helpful. Server: - OS X 10.3 Server NetBooting 10.3 with Diskless option selected - A network accessible shared folder. Client: Any Mac configured exactly the way you want it. To make the Master image: NetBoot your template machine and use Disk Utility to 'Make Image' of the host computers HD - Save image to your shared folder. NetBoot your target system. Make accessible your disk image that you saved in your shared folder. Use Disk Utility to format its hard drive. Use Disk Utility to do a 'Restore' using the image as the 'Source' and the Mac HD as the target. Wash, rinse, repeat. Things to consider: Machine specific components, processor speed differences, etc. Make new images for different processor class machines. (i.e., Dual 1 Gig has much different architecture than a Dual 1.25, but the 1.25 is very similar to the 1.42 (FW800 on both). Safest bet is to make an image for each config/machine variation. A 2 gig image takes me about 20 Minutes. Be mindful that system speed and disk configuration will greatly affect performance. For more speed: RAID 0 For redundancy: RAID 1 For balance: RAID 5 Your network architecture also plays a vital role, especially when attempting simultaneous restores. Most all Macs come with GigE now. If your IT budget can swing it, I would highly recommend picking one up (a GigE switch that is). Even if you use some of the other software recommendations, hard disk speed, network architecture and superfluous demand on the system will all play a big role the time it takes to complete. There are many ways to stream line this process, however this is what I need and this is what I do. I am always looking for new ways to automate and make easier the restore process. Already have Ghosting down to a science on the PC side of things. ---- It's live long and PROSPER, not THRIVE...