100 Chapter 10 Working With NetBoot Service

Image Record Array

An array of the following values appears in the NetBoot service settings for each image

stored on the server:

Parameter (netboot:) Description:
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:Name Name of the image as it appears in the Startup
Disk control panel (Mac OS 9) or Preferences
pane (Mac OS X).
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:IsDefault Yes specifies this image file as the default boot
image on the subnet.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:RootPath The path to the .dmg file.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:isEdited
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:BootFile Name of boot ROM file: booter.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:Description Arbitrary text describing the image.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:SupportsDiskless Yes directs the NetBoot server to allocate space
for the shadow files needed by diskless clients.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:Type NFS or HTTP.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:pathToImage The path to the parameter list file in the .nbi
folder on the server describing the image.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:Index 1–4095 indicates a local image unique to the
server.
4096–65535 is a duplicate, identical image
stored on multiple servers for load balancing.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:IsEnabled Sets whether the image is available to NetBoot
(or Network Image) clients.
netBootImagesRecordsArray:
_array_index:<n>:IsInstall Yes specifies a Network Install image; False
specifies a NetBoot image.
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