[MacTUG] OS X server - netboot and netinstall disks

Glenn Anderson anderson at uwaterloo.ca
Wed Oct 21 09:48:14 EDT 2015 

I have created the netbook image using the “System Image Utility”, both Macs are on the same subnet. I am wondering if there is some port(s) that need to be open that might not be.

Here is the log file showing what happens when the Mac boots up and try to netboot...


Oct 21 09:41:07 snowyowl com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: server name snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: interface en0: ip 129.97.244.92 mask 255.255.254.0
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: bsdpd: no client sharepoints defined
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1
Oct 21 09:41:44 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 129.97.244.162 pktsize 361
Oct 21 09:41:47 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1
Oct 21 09:41:47 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 129.97.244.162 pktsize 361
Oct 21 09:41:51 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1
Oct 21 09:41:51 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 129.97.244.162 pktsize 361
Oct 21 09:41:58 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1
Oct 21 09:41:58 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98] BSDP ACK[SELECT] sent 129.97.244.162 pktsize 402
Oct 21 09:41:59 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98 NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=Macmini4,1
Oct 21 09:41:59 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca bootpd[34376]: NetBoot: [1,c4:2c:3:5:13:98] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 129.97.244.162 pktsize 361


After a while of the world turning, the Mac seems to time out and reboot at which point the following appears in the log

Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_devicemgr[34317]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_wiki[34316]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_calendar[34318]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_swupdate[34325]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_devicemgr plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_dirserv[34327]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_mail[34329]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_calendar plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_swupdate plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_wiki plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_san[34330]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_documents[34331]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_radius[34333]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_dirserv plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_mail plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_san plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_radius plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:41 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_info[34315]: Dispatcher: servermgr_documents plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:56 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_afp[25472]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:56 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_netboot[25471]: Dispatcher: servermgr_afp plugin disconnected
Oct 21 09:45:56 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca servermgr_netboot[25471]: idle exit
Oct 21 09:45:56 snowyowl.uwaterloo.ca Server[5597]: Dispatcher: servermgr_netboot plugin disconnected


Glenn Anderson
IST 
anderson at uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 x43327
EC2 - 2019

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Donald Duff-McCracken <dsmccrac at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
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> So you can see the netboot image in the startup disk control panel?
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> I presume if you see it you are on the same subnet as its discovery does not extend across subnets without a lot of help! But to ask the question: You are on the same subnet?
> 
> If you are getting the spinning world it certainly looks like the boot process is starting to work.
> 
> How did you make the netboot image?
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> On 2015-10-21, 9:34 AM, "mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca on behalf of Glenn Anderson" <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca on behalf of anderson at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have just setup an OS X server ( latest version of the server software ) and am trying to test out its netboot and netinstall support. 
>> 
>> I was able to create the various drives, setup the server to share them. I can also see them on a Mac on the network and choose to boot off the drives. The problem is that I get a spinning world for a while and then the Mac just boots up of its hard disk as normal.
>> 
>> Is anyone using either netboot/netinstall? and if so any ideas of what I might be missing?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Glenn Anderson
>> IST 
>> anderson at uwaterloo.ca
>> 519-888-4567 x43327
>> EC2 - 2019
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