--- Forwarded Message from John Madden <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:44:04 -0500 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: John Madden <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7648 Ghosting an OS X lab HI all, Two suggestions: To "clone" one OS X Mac to another: Carbon Copy Cloner <http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html> To rebuild a lab: Radmind (requires some comfort with the Unix terminal) <http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/> Note that Apple Software Restore can also be run as a command line tool in Panther (OS 10.3.). I think I read this at either Mike Bombich's Carbon Copy Cloner site or at the Radmind site. Useful website: OS X labs: <http://www.macosxlabs.org/> -- john At 4:14 pm -0400 9.30.04, LLTI-Editor wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from waltje <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:17:33 -0400 >>From: waltje <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: waltje <[log in to unmask]> >>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum ><[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Ghosting an OS X lab >>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >>References: <[log in to unmask]> > > >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 > > >--------------------- >Dr. Jorg Waltje >Director LRC >Ohio University >Gordy Hall 17 D >Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA) > >Ph: (740) 593-2748 >Fax: (740) 593-0729 >--------------------- -- ================================================= John P. Madden Instructor and Computer Lab Coordinator ESL Services, International Office (A7000) The University of Texas at Austin Drawer A, Austin, Texas USA 78713 512-471-2480; 512-232-4379 (lab) http://piglet.cc.utexas.edu/~jpmadden http://www.utexas.edu/student/esl =================================================