Re: Since Software Update Server won't satisfy...

Alan Baker wrote:

<http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/System_Imaging_and_SW_Update_Admin_v10.
5.pdf>

Note a few salient phrases:

"Like a bootable CD, NetInstall is a convenient way to reinstall the operating system, applications, or other software onto the local hard drive." ^^

"You can perform software installations using NetInstall using a collection of packages or an entire disk image..."

Your references prove my point, and shows me you fail to understand the basic architecture of what Netinstall is actually doing and what it can and can not do.

I read through the manual you linked to extensively. The "applications and other software" it can install are all integrated into the full OS images, and not separate independent packages.

Read through the details in how to create actual Netinstall images and you'll see they all start out with an OS X system. And how it works, by booting into this BEFORE the OS (if it exists) on the client computer starts up precludes the ability to add or install images to the (non running / loaded) OS.

To create a NetInstall image:
1 Log in as an administrator user.
2 Open System Image Utility (in the /Applications/Server/ folder).
3 In the left sidebar select the image source.
If no image sources are listed, make sure you have inserted a valid Mac OS X v10.5 or
later installation DVD or have mounted a valid Mac OS X v10.5 or later boot volume.
Note: To create an image, you must have valid Mac OS X v10.5 image sources (either
volumes or installation DVDs). You cannot create an image of the startup disk you are
running on.

Steve
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