I recommend that you stick with ghost - it is the most simple & reliable dual-boot deployment solution we have found. Once you have it set up - which doesn't take long, it is very easy to create & deploy images. This is great if you have new staff, or need someone else to deploy the lab for you.
To run ghost, you can build a Bart PE CD - make sure you include ghost 8.2 files (especially if you are ghosting across subnets) & include the network drivers for your mac hardware. I have not tested this with more recent versions of ghost yet.
To create a dual-boot image in ghost, you have to use forensic mode (-ir switch). This will create an image of the entire disk (sector by sector) in order to capture everything in both operating systems, as well as the file system table. You can end up with large image sizes (30G+), but these can be lowered by zeroing out free space prior to imaging.
To deploy the image via ghost, just set it up the same as any other lab deployment. The disadvantage at the moment is that you will have to boot each machine via CD to run ghost because there is no way to PXE boot a mac. It would be great if there was a way around this - does anyone know!?
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I recommend that you stick with ghost - it is the most simple & reliable dual-boot deployment solution we have found. Once you have it set up - which doesn't take long, it is very easy to create & deploy images. This is great if you have new staff, or need someone else to deploy the lab for you.
To run ghost, you can build a Bart PE CD - make sure you include ghost 8.2 files (especially if you are ghosting across subnets) & include the network drivers for your mac hardware. I have not tested this with more recent versions of ghost yet.
To create a dual-boot image in ghost, you have to use forensic mode (-ir switch). This will create an image of the entire disk (sector by sector) in order to capture everything in both operating systems, as well as the file system table. You can end up with large image sizes (30G+), but these can be lowered by zeroing out free space prior to imaging.
To deploy the image via ghost, just set it up the same as any other lab deployment. The disadvantage at the moment is that you will have to boot each machine via CD to run ghost because there is no way to PXE boot a mac. It would be great if there was a way around this - does anyone know!?