Universal OS X for NetBooting

[Jens]

Here’s how to set up an NetBoot-Image that will boot PowerPCs as well as Intel Macs. Finally.

The great thing is that you can set this image as default, tiger server will give, ear, every mac what it needs.
No need to set the right image in the system prefs before, just press N.

First you need to create an Universal OS X as decribed on Mac OS X Hints.

I created the Intel OS X on an 20″ iMac, and the resulting Universal OS X
boots MacBooks Pro and Mac Minis as well.

Then you make a netboot image from this volume/partition as usual.

Last step is to edit the .plist file located in the folder containing the image.
Just add “ppc” to the entry named Architectures which already should contain
the parameter “i386”.

Now activate the NetBoot-Image using Server Admin. Done.

[Jens]

Sure I can’t say anything about the Universal Image thing except that it works in my enviroment and with 10.4.5 etc. pp. – I’m here because of the .plist edit “hack”.
And this is working, it’s done with a snap and I do not see any risks.

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