Click the Action menu (the menu below Images that looks like a gear) and select Use as Default Boot Image.Verify that you have three images in the Images section of the NetInstall service.Select the NetInstall service in the Server app’s sidebar.Drag the two images into the NetBootSP0 folder.Type the path to your image folder ( /Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0).Click the Go menu and select Go to Folder.To make your new images available as NetInstall images you need to move them to the location the NetInstall service expects to find them: Give the image a name and save it to your Servers Desktop.Īdd the new images to your NetInstall server Click Next until you’re asked to save the image.Type NetRestore for NetInstall Primer in the Network Disk field, make not other changes and click Next.Click Next until you get to the Image Settings window.Type NetRestore Client in the System Configuration window.Click Next until you get to the System Configuration window.After the NetBoot image completes, click the Start Over button in the System Image Utility.We’ll use it again to create a NetRestore image. When the image creation is complete, don’t close the System Image Utility. Give your image a name and save it on your Server’s Desktop.Click Next in the Filter Clients by MAC Address window.Click Next in the Supported Computer Models window.Type NetBoot for NetInstall Primer in the Image Settings window.Click Next on the Directory Servers window.Type NetBoot Client in the Generate Names field.Click Next at the Add Configuration Profiles window.Click Next and agree to the software license.Click the Source menu, and select your disk image’s Macintosh HD volume.Locate the disk image you created last week using AutoDMG and double click it.It will be gone once you run the NetRestore.
#How to netboot imac install#
The NetRestore image will erase the contents of the hard drive on the Mac you install it on!!! I’ll say it again later, but DO NOT run this image on a Mac that isn’t backed up or from which you can’t afford to lose what is installed on the hard drive.
NetRestore Image: A network-based image that wipes your Mac’s hard drive and replaces it with the contents of the network image.NetBoot Image: A network-based operating system you start your Mac with rather than using an operating system installed on a local hard drive.
#How to netboot imac update#
NetInstall Image: A network-based installer image you can use to install or update an operating system over a network connection.Now that we’ve created an image with a basic installation of El Capitan and a couple of apps, it’s time to create images we can add to the NetInstall service.Īs a reminder, there are three kinds of images you can create with the System Image Utility.