I am the admin for three Mac computer labs and would like to set up
Network installs to install a Mac image ( a whole image, not just a
particular software package) onto computers in my labs. It seems that with
Apple Remote Desktop, one can set up these lab computers to be booted from
another startup disk; but I don't just want to boot off another image, I
actually want that image installed on each computer in the lab remotely.
In looking at the System Image Utility on my Mac OS 10.4 server, it
seems I could actually install the images on the lab computers (running Mac
OS 10.5, and soon to be Mac OS 10.6) remotely, but there does not appear to
be a way to select which computers get the image other than using the model
filter where you can select (i.e., all the iMac Intel Core 2 Duos to receive
this image *or* all the Mac minis). Is there a way to send the image to a
remote computer based on IP address or some other way to differentiate more
than just model type? I need to put one image on 12 computers in a lab,
another image on the other 6 computers in the lab, etc. (I know this would
likely require two runs of the imaging utility, but I definitely don't want
the same image on *all* the iMacs.)
Am I missing something, or is this just not possible?
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Susan Alston
Internet Developer/Blackboard Administrator
Chowan University
252-398-6263
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