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>Subject: RE: #7648 Ghosting an OS X lab
>Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:59:51 -0400
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Hi, this is the response from our Apple guru.
Todd Bryant
Language Technologist
Library and Academic Technology
Library and Information Services
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 254-8941 (voice)
(717) 245-1456 (fax)
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There are 2 options: local refresh software (i.e. it keeps a local copy of
each OS X account, then refreshes it on every reboot), or server-based (like
Assimilator).
For local refresh we're using Deep Freeze, which is cross-platform and works
nicely.
About a year ago I experimented with Radmind, a free server-based refresh
program, and found it a nightmare to configure and never really got it
working (I just ran out of time). Now, it's undergone several updates since
then, and I haven't looked at it recently, so it might be a more viable
solution than it once was. Once you *do* get it working (I've
heard) it's a lot like Assimilator, in that you can selectively add/delete
stuff from your lab machines. Maybe when things quiet down I can take
another look at it.
For his image on an external drive, what is he using to do the restore to
the lab Mac? If you have a .dmg file of the drive and use Apple Software
Restore from the command line, you can restore a Mac in ~5 mins. since it
replaces the whole drive image.
Dan
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Dear Colleagues:
Does anybody have a good idea or application that would work for "ghosting"
a Mac OS X lab?
So far we have been storing a pristine image of our computers on an
external harddrive, and that's very unwieldy, so I am looking for a way to
clean and refresh (or update) machines without re-installing operating
system and contents one-by-one.
I know there is ghosting available for Windows machines, but have not been
able to find similar mechanisms for an OS X lab.
Any info will be highly appreciated.
Best regards from Jorg
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Dr. Jorg Waltje
Director LRC
Ohio University
Gordy Hall 17 D
Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA)
Ph: (740) 593-2748
Fax: (740) 593-0729
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