Creating NetBoot Images

When creating NetBoot images, specify a source for the image in System Image Utility. System Image Utility, included with the OS X 10.7 Server Admin Tools download, should only be used to build images of Mac OS X v10.7. You can use Lion Server to serve images of any version os OS X, but if you wish to make images of earlier OS X versions, you should use the respective version of OS X and its version of System Image Utility to build the image. You can create images the following sources:

• “Install OS X Lion” as downloaded from the Mac App Store

• Disk images: Instead of using a configured hard drive as a source, you can use Disk Utility to create a disk image of a configured hard drive, and then use the disk image as a ...

Get Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Lion Server Essentials now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.