Hi,
Several of our schools are accommodating larger class sizes by adding
wireless machines in their existing wired labs. Parents want to know why
would wire labs, when we could "just do wireless".
As we add to our meager wireless network, I know that the easy thing when a
computer needs to be added here or there will be to put it on wireless.
I have always used a netboot server here for imaging with Casper.
I'm now wondering if I should add a restore partition to allow computers to
be re-imaged "over wireless". I will be re-imaging this summer, so I could
do this then, or at least partition the HD for future use?
I enabled caching in auto-run, but it did not cache the packages until the
second time I tried imaging. Is this normal behavior? The first time, I had
Casper auto-create the Restore partition, the second time, that partition
was already there.
If I cache these packages now, it appears that it will check them against
the current configuration 6 months from now.
Also, on the restore partition, my cached packages are in a folder where a
regular user can mount them.
What's the best way to hide this volume from my end users? Can I prevent a
regular using from accessing it it?
Is it worth it to do this?
Any thoughts you'd care to share on this would be very welcome!
Sandy
