Mac OS X Server 10.4.x: Identifying the architecture of a NetBoot or NetInstall image
Summary
NetBoot images can be architecture-specific or universal depending on the source media. This means:
- If your source media is architecture-specific, then the resulting NetBoot or NetInstall image will also be architecture-specific.
- If your source media is universal, then the resulting NetBoot or NetInstall image will also be universal.
Products Affected
Mac OS X Server 10.4
Use Server Admin
- Open Server Admin.
- Connect to your NetBoot server.
- Select NetBoot from the list of Services for that server, then click Settings. The Images pane includes an Architecture field in the list of hosted images, indicating if your image is Intel, PowerPC, or Universal. Note: You must use Mac OS X Server 10.4.4 or later to host Intel or Universal images.
Use the Finder
On the NetBoot server, in /Library/NetBoot/NetBootSPn/image.nbi (where n is the volume number and image is the name of the image), an Intel-based NetBoot image will contain boot files within its i386 directory. for PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, all boot files reside at the root level of the NetBoot image folder, and its i386 directory is either empty or simply does not exist. If the NetBoot image is universal, both sets of files will be present.
Additional Information
For more information on creating NetBoot images, refer to the System Imaging and Software Update Administration guide available here.
Related documents
303113 Working with architecture-specific NetBoot images
304157 Mac OS X Server 10.4.x: Creating and using Universal NetBoot images