Computerworld

Hands on With Apple’s NetBoot, Part 2: Creating and working with images

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how Mac OS X Server’s NetBoot process allows Macintosh machines to boot by using a server-based disk image instead of booting via a local disk. Part 1 also ...
Yahoo

How to create DeployStudio-compatible NetBoot images

In a previous article, I introduced DeployStudio, a server application used to facilitate the creation, management, and deployment of images for OS X. It included information to help system admins get ...
Computerworld

Hands on: Configuring Apple’s NetBoot service, Part 1

Apple’s NetBoot technology has been a staple part of Mac OS X Server since the latter’s original release. NetBoot allows Mac clients to start and run applications using a server-hosted disk image ...
Macworld

Create a disk image for NetBoot and NetRestore

Previously we created an installation image from a fresh copy of the El Capitan installer. This week we’re going to use a tool called AutoDMG to install OS X (or is that macOS?!?) and a couple of ...
Macworld

Starting up from NetBoot and NetRestore images

In our last episode we created two images: A NetBoot image to start an entire operating system over a network and a NetRestore image to restore a block-for-block image of an existing Mac. You should ...
Ars Technica

Can you setup a netboot install image on a Time Capsule?

Has anyone tried setting up a partition on a Time Capsule (or I guess an APBS with a disk drive attached) with an OS X install disk image and booting from it? I've got a few computers I'm going to ...