Jon,<div><br></div><div>I've been using the script that Steve Wood provided (posted Aug 25 to this listserv); see below.</div><div><br></div><div>Tatian<br><br>____________________________<br>Tatian Greenleaf<br>Associate Director of Technology<br>
Saint Mark's School<br>(415) 472-8000 x1014</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif, 'Arial Unicode MS'; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">I <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-position: initial initial; ">can</span> <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-position: initial initial; ">tell</span> you the way I do <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-position: initial initial; ">upgrades</span> like that, and it is to backup the user folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the data back. So basically:<br>
<br>1. Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user folder to the external drive:<br><br> rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD<br><br>2. Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all apps.<br>
<br>3. Login to the machine as the user, then logout.<br><br>4. Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:<br><br> cd /Users/<username><br> rm -rf *<br> rm -rf .*<br> rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./<br>
cd ..<br> chown -R <username>:staff <username><br><br>5. Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is there.<br><br><br>You <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-position: initial initial; ">can</span> do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.<br>
<br><br clear="all"><br>Steve Wood<br>Director of IT<br><a href="mailto:swood@integer.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">swood@integer.com</a> <br><br>The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 <br>
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 </span><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jon Yung <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jyung@cmithun.com">jyung@cmithun.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hello ALL,<br>
Does anyone have recommended method to migrated user files and preferences when upgrading computers? Other then Migration Assistant built into a mac. When setting up netboot there is a check box for Clent Data. <br>
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Thanks,<br><font color="#888888">
Jon</font></span></font>
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