Create a bootable XServe Remote Diagnostics CD
Aug 01, '05 08:47:00AM
Contributed by: javaist
Have you ever wanted to run the Xserve Remote Diagnostics without setting up a NetBoot server? Well now you can. Full instructions can be found here, and they are reproduced below as well...
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3 or Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 or later
- Apple Developer Tools
Note that this hint was tested on version 1.0.4 of the Xserve Remote Diagnostics
Method One:
- Download and mount the XserveRemoteDiag104.dmg disc image
- Install the Xserve Remote Diagnostics
- Use Disk Utility to create a "Disk Image from Folder" of the folder '/private/tftpboot/xrdiags' using the Image Format of "read/write"
- Mount the disk image
- Run the following Terminal commands, replacing with the absolute path with the path to the mounted disk image:
$ /Developer/Tools/SetFile -t "tbxi" //diags
$ sudo bless --folder /
$ unmount and burn the disk image
Method Two:
- Download and mount the XserveRemoteDiag104.dmg disc image
- Run the following terminal commands (replacing with the absolute path with the path to the mounted disk image):
$ gzip -cd /Volumes/Xserve\ Remote\ Diagnostics/\
XserveRemoteDiagnostics.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz | \
pax -r -s ',./private/tftpboot/,./,' './private/tftpboot/*'
$ hdiutil create -srcfolder ./xrdiags -format UDRW xrdiagscd.dmg
$ hdiutil mount xrdiagscd.dmg
$ /Developer/Tools/SetFile -t "tbxi" //diags
$ sudo bless --folder /
- Unmount and burn the disk image
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