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In the interest of promoting “no-touch deploys”, here is a script that I run as a “before” script to deploy a Restore partition when imaging new machines with Casper.<BR>
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This runs and has been tested in 10.5.2. Even if you are running Tiger in your organization, you can use this script if your restore/utility images are Leopard.<BR>
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Note: In my environment, the /Users directory lives on a partition called Data. I recommend this configuration as it allows you to do whatever you like to the boot drive without worrying about your clients’ data.<BR>
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#!/bin/sh<BR>
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## SCRIPT PARAMETERS <BR>
volume='/Volumes/Macintosh HD'<BR>
mac='20g'<BR>
restore='20g'<BR>
data='0b'<BR>
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# If restore partition does not exist, resize Macintosh HD and create Restore and Data partitions.<BR>
if test -e /Volumes/Restore<BR>
then<BR>
# Restore partition already exists. <BR>
echo "Restore partition already exists."<BR>
else<BR>
# Restore partition does not exist.<BR>
echo "Resizing Partitions..."<BR>
/usr/sbin/diskutil resizeVolume "$volume" $mac JHFS+ Restore $restore JHFS+ Data $data<BR>
fi<BR>
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# Copy the restore image to the data partition<BR>
echo "Copying Restore image..."<BR>
ditto /Volumes/CasperShare/Packages/Restore_Image_Leopard.dmg /Volumes/Data/Packages/Restore_Image_Leopard.dmg<BR>
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# Apply Restore image with asr<BR>
echo "Restore the Restore with ASR"<BR>
/usr/sbin/asr restore -source /Volumes/Data/Packages/Restore_Image_Leopard.dmg -target /Volumes/Restore -erase -noprompt -noverify<BR>
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# Remove cached package from Data partition<BR>
rm -Rf /Volumes/Data/Packages<BR>
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echo "Restore image has been deployed."<BR>
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Miles Leacy<BR>
Senior Macintosh Technician<BR>
Polo Ralph Lauren<BR>
212-318-7603<BR>
miles.leacy@poloralphlauren.com<BR>
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