My Problems with Netboot, PPC iMacG5, 10.5.6, Leopard Server-Solved

Several contributors steps helped me out, in this archived thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1649502
I have added my own steps, for record, as I could not add to the archived thread.
Problem: OSX 10.5.6 Server, set to an "Octopus" configuration,
( Standalone server, hooked into a Cisco 2950 Switch, switch manages DHCP, keeps all traffic localized)
Hooked iMac G5 clients into switch. Set Server to netboot a PPC Leopard 10.5.6
image made from same iMac G5 client. Hooked six iMac G5's into the switch,
one fired off successfully, five all failed, going to Kernel Panic after first one
kicked off successfully. Tested scenario with 3 Intel MacBooks imaging
an intel MB 10.5.6 image, same server and switch, all deployed successfully.
Following a combination of Brian Neeson's and Kellefson's Steps:
1. Stop Netboot Service on Server.
2. Disable Netboot Shares, save changes
3. Launch Activity Monitor, stop nfsd service. ( Force Quit) It auto starts again
4. Re-enable Netboot Shares
5. Start Netboot Service, select PPC Image, Set to PPC Achitecture only, save changes
6. Reboot Leopard Server.
Issue is now resolved, and images deploy successfully, testing 2 PPC iMac G5s without fail.
Posting this so I can set a subscription to it ( so I can find it faster, I cannot set
a subscription to the archived post) and to help others with same issue.

Ok, I finally had some time to come back to this
and try out a few things.
One of the things that kept perplexing me about this was that only
PPC White iMac G5's, 1.6ghz models, were constantly affected by this issue.
I tried it looking at it from the server end: Recreated the Netboot NFS share point,
recreated the 10.5.6 image as a gold master, made sure all nbi's were in their proper
locales.
I tried looking at it from the iMac itself: swapping out Hard drives, Logic Boards,
Zappring PRAM, replacing and swapping out Ram, etc.
Finally after stepping away from it for a week to look at
InstaDMG, it dawned on me......
Josh, ( I believe) in his webinar, said that to build your
image using instaDMG, you should use Leopard 10.5 Retail disc as the
base of choice, and then put everything in as a package deployment
on top of that.
+So that got me to thinking, what if 10.5.6 was problematic for deployment,+
+but not so for updating the system in general?+
That got me to remembering that that wouldn't be the first time Apple
has released an update that screwed up NetInstalling
( 10.5.2, 10.4.10, and 10.3.4 come to mind).
*So I then decided to try a new test:*
I went back to a good known working no problems White iMac G5 PPC 1.6ghz machine,
wiped the HD, and installed 10.5.0 on it, and then put all my apps back on it.
I then updated every app and patched the Apple essentials ( Quicktime, Airport0
but did not update the OS.
I then Target FW'd it to my Xserve, and used Apple's SIU to create the image.
Then, I deployed it back to three iMacs in a row through the network.
Success! no KPs and the iMacs all flawlessly deployed.
I then tried another set of three, and success again....all three had no KP
at booting into Netinstall, and all three deployed successfully.
*So I believe that I have fixed my issue!*
My next test is to create an image that will post deploy the 10.5.6 combo update
to the iMacs after the 10.5.0 image is deployed, but even if I run into
problems there, My workaround will be just to deploy 10.5.0, and then
ARD out 10.5.6 combo after the machines have restarted and booted successfully.

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i bought it with Leopard, everything worked fine. But since i bought my Apple because i became to know about Snow Leopard, i bought that upate also, so now I'am Using 10.6.2
If you did not repair disk permissions after upgrading to Snow Leopard v10.6, then do that now.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and *restart your Mac.*
Now try booting from your SL disc and run Disk Utility to see if you can repar the startup disk if necessary. (Applications/Utilities) See if it can repair the disk if in fact it reports errors. If you see this again, " Macintosh HD can't be repaired, please do a new install"... try Safe Mode.
Try Starting up in Safe Mode and run Disk Utility there. S try Safe Mode.
What is Safe Mode
Also, try Resetting the PRAM
Carolyn
Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

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