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About NetBoot Desktop Admin version 1.1
The Applications HD and NetBoot HD volumes that you see when you log in to a NetBoot client computer are read-only disk images, which you cannot change. To install new software on these disk images or change the system configuration, you use the NetBoot Desktop Admin application to create a copy of the images that you can change. When you finish, NetBoot Desktop Admin replaces the existing disk images with the ones you changed.
NetBoot Desktop Admin version 1.1 improves changing the size of the disk images that prevents problems with Disk First Aid or software installation programs. In addition, this version of the application repairs the disk images, if necessary, when you create copies to change them.
Along with this version of NetBoot Desktop Admin, a new Applications HD disk image is available on the Apple Web site (www.apple.com/swupdates). It is strongly recommended that you install this new version of the Applications HD disk image before using NetBoot Desktop Admin 1.1, or installing any new software.
Installing software or changing the Applications HD and NetBoot HD disk images
To install software or change the Applications HD and NetBoot HD disk images, you need to log on to a NetBoot client computer, connnect to the NetBoot server volume, and open the NetBoot Desktop Admin program several times. Your changes are not available to you or other users until after the NetBoot client computer restarts the last time.
Before you start, you need the following information:
- Name and password for a Global Administrator who belongs to the System Access workgroup.
- Name and password of a user with read and write access privileges to the NetBoot server volume (for example, the Administrator of the Mac OS X Server).
To install software or change the Applications HD and NetBoot HD disk images:
1. Log on to a NetBoot client computer as a Global Administrator who belongs to the System Access workgroup.
2. Open the NetBoot Desktop Admin application and log on to the server volume as a user with read and write access privileges (for example, the Administrator of the Mac OS X Server).
The application is installed originally in the NetBoot Desktop Admin folder, which is in the Admin folder on the NetBoot server.
3. If you are installing new software and the disk image on which you are installing the software doesn't have sufficient space, you may want to increase the size of the disk image.
Be sure the disk image is large enough for the software you want to install. However, increase the size of an image only as much as needed. You cannot reduce the size of an image without reverting to a backup copy.
Note : If you are installing a new version of the Mac OS, increase the size of the NetBoot HD disk image by at least 50 MB.
4. Click Make Private Copy.
NetBoot Desktop Admin creates copies of the disk images which you can change. This may take several minutes and you should not interrupt the process. When it finishes, your NetBoot client computer restarts automatically.
IMPORTANT Because the copies of the disk images are associated with the NetBoot client computer you used to create them, you must make the changes to the images using the same computer. If you change computers, you will not be able to see the changes you have made and your changes will not be available to users. In addition, you increase the risk of unauthorized persons making changes to the disk images.
5. Log on to the NetBoot client computer again as the same user and install the software or make changes to the system configuration.
If you are installing software, follow the installation instructions that came with the software. If necessary, restart the computer, then log on to the NetBoot client computer again.
If you install an application, open it. Doing so lets you enter a registration number, if necessary. If you don't enter the number now, then every time users open the application they will need to enter the registration number. In addition, most applications create a preferences file in the System Folder. If you don't open the application, users may not be able to open the application because the preferences won't exist.
6. Be sure there aren't any files in the Trash that you want to save. (The Trash is emptied automatically after the next step.)
Note: If you cannot empty the Trash because it contains files that are in use, you may need to restart the computer and log on to the NetBoot client computer again.
7. Open the NetBoot Desktop Admin application and log on to the server, then click Save or Discard. The computer restarts automatically.
If you need to make other changes, you can click Quit and return to step 5.
8. Log on to the NetBoot client computer again, then open the NetBoot Desktop Admin application and log on to the server.
If you want to keep a backup copy of the old disk image, leave the "Keep previous disks as backup" option selected. Backup copies are stored in the Backup Images folder in the Shared Images folder on the NetBoot server.
9. If you clicked Save in step 7, click Restart. Otherwise, click OK.
If you click Restart, NetBoot Desktop Admin saves your changes, deletes the copies of the disk images, then restarts the computer. Changes are available the next time a NetBoot client computer restarts. If you click OK, NetBoot Desktop Admin deletes the copies of disk images.