Mac imaging help
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HI Folks,
I am relatively new to Apples and currently administer over 20 iMACs and 8 Mac Book Pros. We are about to add more iMACs so I would like to automate the imaging process a bit more. Im using OS X Mountain Lion Server and all of the MACs have been upgraded to Mountain Lion. I am using system image utility to create the image and then NetInstall to deploy the image. Everything works fine, however I would like to stream line things a bit. I have just purchased ARD and finding that the command line is pretty handy.
Ive come across the following command
bless - -netboot - -server bsdp://server IP
I have sent this (along with a restart command) to an iMAC and it restarts the computer in network boot mode. This is great no more pressing down the N key to network boot! One last hurdle and I dont have to treck across the campus is there another command or switch to make it install on the hard drive rather than manually selecting the drive?
Also need a bit of a pointer in the best way to rename the computers and join them to Active Directory.
Any help on these matters would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Gary
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HI Folks,
I am relatively new to Apples and currently administer over 20 iMACs and 8 Mac Book Pros. We are about to add more iMACs so I would like to automate the imaging process a bit more. Im using OS X Mountain Lion Server and all of the MACs have been upgraded to Mountain Lion. I am using system image utility to create the image and then NetInstall to deploy the image. Everything works fine, however I would like to stream line things a bit. I have just purchased ARD and finding that the command line is pretty handy.
Ive come across the following command
bless - -netboot - -server bsdp://server IP
I have sent this (along with a restart command) to an iMAC and it restarts the computer in network boot mode. This is great no more pressing down the N key to network boot! One last hurdle and I dont have to treck across the campus is there another command or switch to make it install on the hard drive rather than manually selecting the drive?
Also need a bit of a pointer in the best way to rename the computers and join them to Active Directory.
Any help on these matters would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Gary
