NetBoot and Intel iMacs

[ingenious7]

Hi,

I’m having a lot of trouble with some new Intel based Macs we have just purchased.

I have a working NetBoot 10.4.9 server that has been used many times before to image PPC Macs.

I’ve created the image and install-set. The iMacs seem to get a DHCP address, but pause at the Apple Logo with the spinning cog. it doesn’t get as far as the GUI screen.

I don’t know where the issue is as my PPC Macs are getting through to the GUI screen fine.

Has anybody experienced this before? Any solutions or insight would be greatly appreciated.

[ingenious7]

I’ve solved my problem.

By starting up the iMac in verbose mode I could see that the AFP share was being mounted correctly. The problem was with the NetInstall Set that I created using Bombich’s NetRestore Helper ([url]http://www.bombich.com/[/url]).

When I started the iMac up it just hung at the Apple Logo with the spinning cog. This is because it could not load the CoreVideo.framework because it could not be found. That meant it was not progressing to the GUI screen, and was loading up a Terminal, which I couldn’t see because of the Apple Logo.

I opened the NetInstall set, copied the CoreVideo.framework files from my 10.4.9 server, and that seemed to fix the problem.

I used the latest version of NetRestore Helper – 3.3.4. Maybe there is a problem with this, or was it something I was doing?

At least it is working now, so I am happy!

[Waipouli]

That appears to be a known issue being discussed on the bombich forums. It’s nothing you’ve done.

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