Casper Imaging Spinning and Mac Not Rebooting On Imaging

[johnklimeck]

For some reason when NetBooted, using Casper Imaging (9.82), Casper Imaging "spins" and will not quit after imaging, and the Mac will not reboot.

This only occurs when NetBooted, not when using a boot USB 3 stick, for example, to boot the Mac. Obviously something on the NetBoot side.

The USB OS X image and the NetBoot image are OS 10.11.2, exactly same image file, only difference is obviously the NetBoot image has been run thru SIU, and that folder is .nbi.

thx in advance, john

[lucas_nelson]

Hey John,

The SIU workflow is pretty janky. Try running through the following workflow and see if the issue persists.

https://www.evernote.com/l/AfOEriTW2S9JDr27vJA-4xC1UUr_aJJS4BM

[daz_wallace]

Hi @johnklimeck

I second @Tiny's advice. Try using @bentoms's AutoCasperNBI to build your NetBoot images. I've had great success with it.

May I also suggest building with a newer OS (10.11.3) just in case there may be an issue there.

And finally, how long did you leave the Mac? I've had a few times where it can take (not sure why) 5-10 minutes to finish up before actually rebooting.

Hope that helps!

Darren

[johnklimeck]

Guys,

Awesome, using AutoCasperNBI, works like a charm / champ!

No more Casper Imaging hang.

So glad this app exists, thanks macmule, fantastic app. See ya, System Image Utility.

John