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Netboot and casper

  • December 5, 2008
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Ok I did this in the past and for the life of me I cannot remember how.

I am trying to create a netboot image. It will then autolaunch the Casper Imaging tool by placing it in my startup items of the netboot image. I got it all worked out up until... How do I set up the Casper Imaging tool to keep the settings so it installs my Base OS and other packages I want added to the base image on my client mac? Every time it launches from the startup it goes back to default settings. Is there documentation on the jamfsoftware website on how to do this? They talk about it briefly on the Support FAQ's but no links or anything on how to set it up. I am looking for a "zero touch" type solution.

Hope that all makes sense.

Thanks for any of your help.

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    • Anonymous
    • December 5, 2008

    That's stored per machine in the autorun data in inventory. So when it runs on one machine it will revert to whatever you used on that machine last. To update this you can select Update Autorun data on JSS or Store info on JSS from casper imaging.

    Ryan Harter
    UW - Stevens Point
    Workstation Developer
    715.346.2716
    Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu

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    • milesleacy
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    • December 5, 2008

    In the past, I've done the following:1. Set up a configuration with the base
    OS and the Casper tools.
    2. Apply it to a test box & boot it
    3. Enable root, set root to autologin
    3. Store the JSS credentials in root's keychain
    4. Set Casper Imaging as a login item for root.
    5. Create a Netboot image from this box.

    I would be careful, because if you boot a machine that has autorun data with
    this image, it will boot, autologin as root, and then begin imaging. But it
    sounds like that's what you want.

    I said I did this in the past. What I've just started using is the Casper
    NetInstall Image Creator from the Resource Kit. This more or less gets you
    to the same place with fewer steps.

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    • Anonymous
    • March 26, 2009

    I know this is an old post - but I am trying to setup a Tiger NetBoot Set that auto-launches and logs into Casper Imaging, as explained below.

    The problem I am having is that I am unable to get Casper Imaging to read the saved username and password from root's Keychain.

    1) Launch Casper Imaging (logged in as root)
    2) Enter my jss username and password and check 'Store in Keychain'
    3) Open Keychain Access and make sure it is there (it is)
    4) Relaunch Casper Imaging - it gets to "Accessing Keychain" but then it asks for the username and password again even though it is already stored in the Keychain.

    Has anyone else seen this?

    Correct me if I'm wrong - but the Casper NetInstall Image Creator from the Resource Kit does not allow me to create a 10.4.x NetInstall Set.

    Thanks
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