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11 Working with NetBoot Service
and System Images
In this chapter you will find commands you can use to
configure and manage the NetBoot Service and system
images.
NetBoot is used to host a standard operating system and application configuration on
all of the clients in a network from the server.This chapter describes the commands
used to configure and manage the NetBoot service.
Understanding the NetBoot Service
The NetBoot service in Mac OS X Server enables multiple Mac computers to boot from
a single server-based disk image, instead of from their internal hard drive. This allows
you to create a standard configuration and use it on all of the desktop computers on a
network—or host multiple images customized for different workgroups.
You can also create server configurations and run all of your servers from one image.
Updating the disk image on the NetBoot server updates all of these computers
automatically the next time they restart. In addition, you can copy a directory server
configuration to all clients using the same system image.
Starting and Stopping NetBoot Service
To start NetBoot service:
$ sudo serveradmin start netboot
If you get the following response:
$ netboot:state = "STOPPED"
$ netboot:status = 5000
you have not yet enabled NetBoot on any network port.
To stop NetBoot service:
$ sudo serveradmin stop netboot