comp.sys.mac.advocacy

In article ,
Steve de Mena wrote:

> Tim Adams wrote:
>
> > Yet Apple clearly implies that it is just that. Otherwise they wouldn't
> > have
> > written:
> >
> > "NetInstall isn¹t limited to full system software installations. Mac OS X
> > Server
> > enables you to host multiple installer images, so you can create disk
> > images for
> > different groups or containing different kinds of software. For example,
> > one
> > disk image may contain the latest versions of your organization¹s
> > productivity
> > applications and another may contain all the software required for a
> > specific
> > classroom or lab."
>
> Nothing in that paragraph says it makes standalone application
> software package installers. The end product created in the above
> paragraph is a full image to deploy to a workstation, with an OS and
> various selections of applications included.

No.

If that were the case the first sentence wouldn't have included the word
"full".

>
> >
> > and they also wouldn't have written:
> >
> > "This allows any Mac OS X system on your network to be configured or
> > updated
> > quickly and easily."
>
> I'll have to see one of these packages.
>
> I have started to make one myself. I followed their steps and added a
> "Safari 3.1" package to an OS X install, and unchecked the "OS X" part
> (though the screens did not look like what the docs described them
> as). It started to create an image, which was over SEVEN gigabytes
> (for a 31 MB package). Then there were hard drive issues on my Mac
> Mini OS X server and hours of "fsck -fy"s have rendered it useless. I
> am booted to the backup Iomega 300GB FW400 attached to it and
> SuperDuper'ing that image 1-2 months old back to the internal MiniMe
> HD so I won't be able to redo the tests until tomorrow.

LOL

I've never seen anyone have to do 'hours of "fsck -fys"' and tech
support of mac systems is what I do for a living..

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."