We upgraded to Casper 4.1 a couple of months ago. Recently, we needed
to install some new packages to computers in a lab environment which
had initially been configured to netboot, run Casper to erase the HD
and re-image the computers.
When running Casper on those computers, the Erase HD option has been
selected since this option was set and saved to the JSS. When running
Casper locally from the boot drive, the Erase option is checked, but
grayed out, and shows "Cannot erase the boot drive"
Now that we are using Casper 4.1, even though the Erase option is
checked and the "Cannot erase the boot drive" message is displayed,
the computer proceeds to erase its boot drive, taking the whole
system with it.
Casper 4.0, would show the "Cannot erase the boot drive", but when
the Install button was clicked, it would always show a message
stating that it was re-formatting the HD, but it didn't actually do
it. We've learned to ignore that message, but now it is a true
statement.
Please make it possible to uncheck the Erase the HD option from
Casper in Local mode. Why is it grayed out anyway? We can override
the Configuration settings and everything else the JSS pre-sets, why
not the erase function?
Dan Peterka
District Technology Office
Solana Beach School District
309 N. Rios Dr., Solana Beach, CA, 92075-1298
dpeterka at sbsd.k12.ca.us
(858) 794-7147
