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:

Note that this hint was tested on version 1.0.4 of the Xserve Remote Diagnostics

Method One:
  1. Download and mount the XserveRemoteDiag104.dmg disc image

  2. Install the Xserve Remote Diagnostics

  3. Use Disk Utility to create a "Disk Image from Folder" of the folder '/private/tftpboot/xrdiags' using the Image Format of "read/write"

  4. Mount the disk image

  5. 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:

  1. Download and mount the XserveRemoteDiag104.dmg disc image

  2. 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 /
    
  3. Unmount and burn the disk image

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