The first four lines inside the class section - I have no idea what they do, but I haven't tried this without them, so there they are. To which we append the following: class 'AppleNBI-i386' I'm assuming you already have the basic functionality sorted and will only focus on the NetBoot-relevant bits: # nano /usr/local/etc/nf NFS and TFTP are essentially “built in” to FreeBSD, so we only need to install ISC's DHCP server: # cd /usr/ports/net/isc-dhcp41-server An HTTP or NFS server to provide the actual disk image data.A TFTP server for transferring the kernel and extension cache.A DHCP server to provide addressing and initial server discovery.NetBoot essentially consists of 3 pieces (in order of appearance): The images are stored on a RAID-Z pool under /data/nb.

and 10.6 installed so I can create images of both systems). I create the NetBoot images using System Image utility (I have a machine with both 10.5.

We don't support PPC machines (haven't had the need to do so thus far).

We don't need diskless support (something I'll probably have to address sooner or later).

Getting the right system on the right machine is crucial and NetBoot provides the best platform to do so, in my opinion (as opposed to, say having dozens of drives and/or partitions of installers for every possible Intel Mac, for each of your technicians).

I built this system for our Authorized Apple Service Provider where we use it primarily for NetInstalling machines after a hard drive replacement.

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