Netboot

[mtdmitchell]

Hi

 

im in the process of configuring DeployStudio to image our macs, I have followed the instruction from the deployshare website and most things seems to work up to when i netboot (using "n" at startup) the blinking logo turns into a gray Apple logo with a spinning globe icon...so that must mean the booter file has been executed and i have a network connection ....then it tries to load and i get a box that pops up and states that you must restart your computer!.ehhh

 

i have tried recreating the netboot set, the netboot set was created on the mini mac im trying to boot.

 

i have a mac mini as a server x 10.6.4.

 

this is the log from the server

 

Oct 26 11:44:52 mac-server bootpd[276]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16] BSDP ACK[sELECT] sent 10.*.*.* pktsize 401

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: server name mac-server.campion.internal

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: interface en0: ip 10.*.*.* mask 255.255.252.0

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: dhcp: re-reading lease list

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes

Oct 26 11:55:50 mac-server bootpd[276]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: server starting

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: server name mac-server.campion.internal

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: interface en0: ip 10.*.*.* mask 255.255.252.0

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes

Oct 26 12:04:12 mac-server bootpd[2978]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00

Oct 26 12:04:15 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1

Oct 26 12:04:15 mac-server bootpd[2978]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16] BSDP ACK

sent 10.*.*.* pktsize 300

Oct 26 12:04:15 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000345 seconds

Oct 26 12:04:15 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000014 seconds

Oct 26 12:04:19: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Oct 26 12:04:19 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1

Oct 26 12:04:19 mac-server bootpd[2978]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16] BSDP ACK

sent 10.*.*.* pktsize 300

Oct 26 12:04:19 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000301 seconds

Oct 26 12:04:35 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP DISCOVER [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1

Oct 26 12:04:35 mac-server bootpd[2978]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/26-Oct-10.nbi/i386/booter

Oct 26 12:04:35 mac-server bootpd[2978]: replying to 0.0.0.0

Oct 26 12:04:35 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP OFFER sent [1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16] pktsize 374

Oct 26 12:04:35 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000881 seconds

Oct 26 12:04:36 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000033 seconds

Oct 26 12:06:10 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000014 seconds

Oct 26 12:07:04 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000016 seconds

Oct 26 12:07:44 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000014 seconds

Oct 26 12:07:58 mac-server bootpd[2978]: service time 0.000013 seconds

Oct 26 12:08:25 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP DISCOVER [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1

Oct 26 12:08:25 mac-server bootpd[2978]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/26-Oct-10.nbi/i386/booter

Oct 26 12:08:25 mac-server bootpd[2978]: replying to 0.0.0.0

Oct 26 12:08:25 mac-server bootpd[2978]: BSDP OFFER sent [1,c4:2c:3:8:27:16] pktsize 374

 

can anyone help?

[Carter]

Be sure to build your netboot image with the computer that is the newest out of the bunch. This will make sure that all the needed drivers & compatibility is there to boot the computers.

 

Is the computer you are getting this issue with a PowerMac or Intel?

 

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[mtdmitchell]

Its and Intel mac mini, brand new.....10.6.the mac I’m trying to boot is the same one i get the image from

 

I’m going to try another mac, as cannot see why this does not work...i have tried recreating the image several times now...this is very frustrating

[HodgeHi]

You are getting a kernel panic. Doing a search for kernel panic during netboot should help to bring up more answers.

 

This is the first one I came across. It may help.

 

Apple - Support - Discussions - Netboot clients boot into kernel panic ...

[mtdmitchell]

Thanks for the replies, in the end the problem was the netboot folders, when i first installed the netboot service i manually created the folders as the service did not cseem to create the folders...so i dont think the perms set correctly on those folders.

 

i uninstalled everything and started again, this time when i installed netboot the folders got created.

 

i discovered the problem by looking at the kernal panic log file on the mac,some thing about "nfs server refused mount"

 

a quick google of this pointed to the netboot folders