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---++ Deploy Studio Imaging and deployment links and notes.  (Obsolete)

---+++ Deployment Planning Template 

http://www.peachpit.com/content/downloads/peachpit/bookreg/DeploymentPlanningTemplate080509.pdf 

---+++ Fix Permissions in the Applications Folder 
<pre>sudo chown -R root:admin /Applications/Things.app
sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/Things.app</pre> 

---+++ Show Directory Service status in the loginwindow 

=defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow !AdminHostInfo DSStatus= 

---+++ Remove Other Users choice in the loginwindow 

=sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED NO= 

---+++ Create a hidden admin and run the following commands 
<pre>sudo mv /Users/hadmin /var/.hadmin 
sudo chown -R hadmin /var/.hadmin 
sudo rm -R /var/.hadmin/Public /var/.hadmin/Sites 
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool TRUE 
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow !HiddenUsersList -array hadmin</pre> 

---+++ Stop OS asking for all new Disks to become Time Machine Backup Devices 
<pre>defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine 
!DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool YES</pre> 

---+++ Cleanup steps to be executed on Disk to be imaged 
<pre>sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/db/volinfo.database 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/db/.com.apple.iokit.graphics 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/db/SystemEntropyCache 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/vm/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/folders/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/Library/Caches/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/System/Library/Caches/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/System/Library/Extensions/Caches/* 
sudo rm -f /Volumes/<imagevol>/private/etc/ssh_host* 
rm -f /Volumes/<imagevol>/Users/<youruser>/.bash_history 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/tmp/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/log/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/var/db/dhcpclient/leases/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/Library/Logs/* 
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<imagevol>/Users/<username>/.Trash/*</pre> 

---+++ Dual boot documentation 

http://www.bombich.com/mactips/dualboot.html

http://www.projectappletree.org/page17/page20/page20.html

http://www.projectappletree.org/page17/page23/page23.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479 (installing OEM drivers)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577 (how to sysprep)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ee530017.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part1.html

http://deploystudio.wikispaces.com/Automating+Volume+Blessing+from+in+Windows

http://www.deploystudio.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?id=669 

---+++ Using the bless command to netboot across subnets: 

=bless --netboot --server bsdp://255.255.255.255= (for broadcast, or put your netboot server IP here) 

---+++ Netbooting across subnets for “out of the box” machines 
<pre>command + s 
/sbin/mount -uw / 
cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
launchctl load com.apple.configd.plist 
bless --netboot --server bsdp://192.168.1.1 
reboot -q</pre> 

-- Main.DawnKeenan - 03 Feb 2010

Topic revision: r2 - 2024-11-22 - MariHassanzada

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