Lesson 2. Imaging

Time

This lesson takes about 1 hour to complete.

Goals

Use various methods of image creation

 

Create Apple Software Restore images from which Mac OS X can be restored onto a computer

 

Create NetBoot and Network Install images that can be stored on a NetBoot server and provided by NetBoot services

 

Configure and test Apple Software Restore and NetBoot-type images

Disk images are great for distributing software to a large number of computers. You can create disk images of fully configured volumes and then use these images to install the full configuration to a volume on another computer. Alternatively, you can use the images as startup volumes for computers by hosting the images on a server. A properly maintained ...

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