Using Deploy Studio with a Mac

[talksr]

Hi there,

 

We have mac integration on our RM CC4 network.

 

I have an iMac I would like to add to the network. The RM guys installed and configured Deploy Studio and I can see that a boot image is listed in the NetInstall part of OSX Server.

When I switch on the iMac in question, I hold down the N button which I am hoping will bring the device into Netboot to connect with a compatible network server, but no, it just boots into OSX.

 

Am I doing something wrong?

[2ilent8cho]

Hold down the Alt/Options key and that will show all bootable options including any available netboot.

[talksr]

Hold down the Alt/Options key and that will show all bootable options including any available netboot.

 

Thanks, that did the job

[AntonioRocco]

Quick question: Does the image you already have work fine with the existing Mac estate? If it does then I'm guessing the iMac is a newer model? If it is the image created by RM won't work as it will have an older OS that can't boot the newer hardware. Either you or RM will need to create a new image to boot the newer model. This could involve a lot of work on your part, depending on how the workflow was planned, simply to accommodate one iMac

 

A few (fairly loose) 'rule of thumbs' you should be aware when dealing with mac hardware:

 

(a) Newer models won't boot with whatever works with older models

(b) There are variations between laptop and desktop models which may require different images

© Try and use a *thin image when planning the deployment solution. Hopefully (but doubtful) the RM guys may have done this already?

 

The above are just a few.

 

*By thin image I mean just the OS and very little else. That way you only need to update and/or upgrade an existing mac to a later OS, recapture that image and make it part of a workflow that should now work with your newer hardware.

 

Hopefully this may help you although it may turn out to be something network related instead?

 

Tony

Edited July 11, 2016 by AntonioRocco