Netboot Problems :(

So in my mad netboot/deploy craze, I find that there are a few machines in the Mollye Lichter Block 24-hour computer lab that won't netboot proper...

This has halted the imaging process and has thrown me into RAGE@#!&...
So we are circumventing this issue with other methods.




I would like to take this time to say "kudos" to Bombich's Carbon Copy Cloner...
It's a godsend.

Mollye Lichter Block 24-hour Lab Closed for Maintenance (Jun 3-4)

Sorry, boys and girls.
The Mollye Lichter Block 24-hour Computer Lab is closed for maintenance today (June 3, 2010) and tomorrow (June 4, 2010) for re-imaging.... this will include software updates, enhanced everything... and more reliable configurations.

Will post updates as they come.

Digital Print Lab REIMAGED

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

we loaded a new image onto the digital print lab computers:
image from July 29, 2009

for whole lab, the image process took about 11 minutes
we created 2 partitions: Digital Printing (30GB) and Temporary Storage (~120GB)
*with the exception of #2, Temporary Storage (45GB)

Post Installation:
Renamed Computers
System Preference > Sharing

Changed Permissions to Ignore Ownership on Temporary Storage

Installed Deep Freeze via Remote Desktop

DPL - 01 Problems booting

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

Repeated problems booting on DPL workstation #1...
safeboot with single-user mode and a fcsk scan revealed nothing.
Netboot with utility scan revealed nothing.

Restoring image:
Digital-Pringing-051809.dmg

Estimated image time: 4:53 minutes.

Post-install procedure to follow:
Temporary Storage permissions
Scratch Disk for Photoshop
Power Management/Energy save settings