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Re: Netboot grief

I have seen this before. It usually has something to do with NFS. Did you
create the share yourself?

You may consider deleting and re-creating the share. Also, not having
experience with Panther Server this may sound naive, but, isn't the default
directory for netboot images, /Library/Netboot?

On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 02:01:42PM -0500, Christianson, Jay wrote:
> Well, I've beat on it some more...
> The Netboot images that don't work are located in a /lib/pref/netboot... Etc
> folder structure not on the boot drive.
>
> If I move the images to the boot drive /lib/pref/... They work.
>
> I'm assuming there's permissions grief on the second drive.
>
> I did try to shut off netboot from that drive and then turned it back on to
> recreate the folder structure as well as hopefully the permissions...but
> something still must not be right.
>
>
>
> > From: "Christianson, Jay" <email@hidden>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:48:07 -0500
> > To: MacLab List <email@hidden>
> > Subject: Netboot grief
> >
> > I've been attempting to get set to deploy a base os X image to new computers
> > via Netboot on a 10.3.4 server.
> >
> > Unfortunately, when I netboot clients, they will begin to boot with the
> > spinning grey globe, then the grey pinwheel, and then will go to the grey
> > screen of death with the multi-language "You must restart your computer"
> > message.
> >
> > I've tried several different netboot images, old and new. The old ones used
> > to work, but now nothing does.
> >
> > Anyone have a good idea where to begin tracking down this problem?
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 >Netboot grief (From: "Christianson, Jay" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Netboot grief (From: "Christianson, Jay" <email@hidden>)



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