NetBoot From a Local Drive

Is there a way to make the source of a NetBoot be an attached USB drive (ie, USB Drive = NetBoot Server)?
My goal is to be able to boot into a static system every time. In other words, every time I login, I'm getting the exact same environment. I know that doing a NetBoot effectively achieves this, but I want to be able to achieve this without having a NetBoot server.

It's entirely possible (even desirable) for your system to use a local hard drive for local data - things like swap files, temporary files, etc.
Relying on swap is bad any time. Relying on swap over a network link is even worse.
It is possible to run completely diskless and use the network for everything. I'm just not sure what the default setup is.
You may find that the command sudo lsof on the command line will show you which files on the local disk are in use.

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Delete flat file from the local drive after downloading in the program

how to delete flat file from the local drive after downloading in the program
I am using gui_upload to upload flat file data in internal table. and after that i dont want that flat file in the disk. i want to delete it.

Once the file has been uploaded into the internal table call the FILE_DELETE method of the class CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES.
DATA: v_rc TYPE i.
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_delete
EXPORTING
filename = 'C:\TEMP\MATERIAL.TXT'
CHANGING
rc = v_rc
EXCEPTIONS
file_delete_failed = 1
cntl_error = 2
error_no_gui = 3
file_not_found = 4
access_denied = 5
unknown_error = 6
OTHERS = 7.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
Regards
Kathirvel

My home page opens fine but sub pages attempt to load from the local drive. Not a problem with IE.

Some time ago, while doing a bunch of things at once, FF asked me a question...not sure what it was as I was distracted by other things...I answered "yes" and since then my own website's subpages attempt to load from my C drive. This is not a problem with the homepage itself and it does not occur with other browsers. Driving me crazy and no one seems to know what is the problem...only with FireFox

http://www.questfundingservices.us is the home page which opens fine on any browser. But, in FF, any of my sub-pages attempts to open from the local drive. I believe this happens for other viewers of the site, but I am not 100% sure of that.
I never intentionally entered a <BASE local in the html and I don't think there is one, but you can check the source yourself.
This was never a problem until one day, while doing 50 things at once, I went to my website and FF popped up a question...Don't remember what it was and, in my haste I just said "yes", I think...and this problem has occurred ever since!!!

Netboot diskless mounts local drive in shadow place (/private/var/netboot)

Hi!
I'm on the way to prepare a diskless netboot in OS 10.7.2.
Everything seems ok. I've made the image, tag it as diskless, default, and the client boots.
When i run "mount" in the client after boot and sucessful login i get this:
tarrero-mac:~ root# mount
/dev/disk2s2 on / (hfs, local)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
afp_3ubSFX2uPHUn2ArKAf0wlyRV-1.2c000002 on /private/var/netboot (afpfs, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s6 on /private/var/netboot (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
/dev/disk0s2 on /Volumes/Macintosh HD (hfs, local, journaled)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
afp_3ubSFX2uPHUn2ArKAf0wlyRV-1.2c000006 on /Network/Servers/ichigo.dammz.com/Volumes/RAID1/Users (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse, mounted by daniel.tarrero)
afp_3ubSFX2uPHUn2ArKAf0wlyRV-1.2c000007 on /Volumes/Users (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by daniel.tarrero)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/OS1 1 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
/dev/disk1s4 on /Volumes/OS1-2 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
/dev/disk1s5 on /Volumes/OS3 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners)
I have two physic drives plus one (netboot).
disk0 is my internal drive (with "Macintosh HD" and "Recovery" partitions), and disk1 is a firewire drive (with "OS1", "OS2", "OS3" and "Data" volumes).
disk2 (i guess) is the netboot volume.
Please pay special attention to the two bold lines.
From the first one (correct me if i'm wrong) i know the machine is "netboot'ing"
The weird comes with the second bold line, where one of my local drives is getting mounted in the same path!!!
From this great but outdated document (Troubbleshooting the netboot process), i learn that in this mount point there should be the "shadow" volume mounting, not any local drive.
Some interesting checks looking for the proper answer in DHCP packets:
tarrero-mac:~ root# ipconfig netbootoption shadow_mount_path
afp://netboot100:[email protected]/NetBootClients0
tarrero-mac:~ root# ipconfig netbootoption shadow_file_path
NetBoot001/Shadow
tarrero-mac:~ root# ipconfig netbootoption machine_name
NetBoot001
Everything seems ok.
If i try to manually mount the shadow volume...
Let's say, CMD+K -> afp://netboot100:[email protected]/NetBootClients0
... that mounts the volume propperly, with write permissions.
In fact, there is a folder in the network shadow volume called "NetBoot001" with a file inside called "Shadow" (binary file, around 50Mb, wooow!)
So the machine connects to the folder and creates the files needed.
While almost all local disk mounts in the right place (/Volumes/*), there is always one partition which mounts in the Shadow drive mount path.
In the logs before, it was the "Data" volume whithin "disk1s6".
If i physically remove some of this local drives (let's say the firewire one, which s6 partition actually is mount in /private/var/netboot), the partition which get mounted in this place changes too! after that, it was the "Macintosh HD" (disk0s2) which get mount in this wrong place (so it's not an UUID related problem, neither fstab-like systems, i guess).
I've also made a test in the Netboot Image. I've editted the netboot boot process in /etc/rc.netboot to force (and check if fails) the shadow mount:
# Define: NETBOOT_SHADOW
# Purpose:
#   To change the behavior of the system when choosing a netboot shadow
#   to use.
# Values:
#   -NETWORK-           Try to use the network for the shadow file, if
#                       that fails, use the local drive
#   -NETWORK_ONLY-      Only use the network, fail if not available
#   -LOCAL-             Use the local drive for the shadow file, if that
#                       fails, use the network
#   -LOCAL_ONLY-        Only use the local drive for the shadow, fail if
#                       not available
NETBOOT_MOUNT=/var/netboot
#NETBOOT_SHADOW=${NETBOOT_SHADOW:-NETWORK-}
NETBOOT_SHADOW=${NETBOOT_SHADOW:-NETWORK_ONLY-}
... and this also work, forcing the shadow to be "Network only, if not fail", so i define my problem as:
Regardless the shadow mount is working as expected and properly configured, some ¿random? partition from local drives get mount in it's mounting path.
Someone knows how to fix that?
Someone knows what problems derive from a missworking shadow volume?
Someone points me to where can i make some more tests or debug?
thanks and regards! and excuse that "homemade" english, i hope you to understand

HI TArre, I came across you post these past days whilst trying to resolve the same issue. I have resolved this now by using some information similar to what you and Joel have posted and additional from other varied sources not only OSX.
I have detailed a procedure at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6039524
For others having the issue of not being able to DISMOUNT UNMOUNT direct attached file systems when in NetBoot Diskless mode because one is in use for /private/var/netboot part of the cause is certainly the inability of AFP to access AND be authorised for READ/WRITE of the volume/folder for Netbootclients0 (1,2,3 etc) over AFP. Any readers here , I suggest you check that first .
Use the following osx ipconfig (yes!) commands to verify the AFP path from the net booted client.
verify the APF netboot shadow file path its trying to use - use Terminal
ipconfig getpacket en0
sudo ipconfig netbootpacket
Sadly there is not much in the way of textual diagnostics in the NETBOOT process.
Post your results for others to see.
hth
Warwick
Hong Kong

Automatically Upload Pictures from Sharepoint local drive to SharePoint User Profile store using C#

I have 10,000 image files(profile pictures) stored at location C:\ProfilePic\ folder. The Local Drive(C:\ProfilePic\)
is in the same machine where SharePoint Server is installed.
Image Files are as below.
DomainName_UserID1.jpg,
DomainName_UserID2.jpg,
DomainName_UserID3.jpg etc.
I need to upload these images to the SharePoint UserProfile Store for respective users.
Is that possible to write a console application that can query through the pictures saved in the
C:\ProfilePic\ folder, and then upload the Pictures directly from Local Drive to User Profile Store.
The code will do something like below:
Foreach(Images
saved in C:\ProfilePicFolder)
string DomainName=Images.split(‘_’)[0];
string UserID=Images.split(‘_’)[1];
string AccountName=DomainName+”\”+UserID;
SPServiceContext context=ServiceContext.GetContext(site);
UserprofileManager upm=new UserProfileManager(context);
UserProfile up=upm.GetUserProfile(AccountName);
up[“ImageUrl”].Value=Images from C:\ProfilePic Folder ;
up.Commit();

Yes, you can. Did you check these posts?
http://sharepoint-tamizha.blogspot.com/2013/08/update-user-profile-picture.html
http://www.learningsharepoint.com/2013/01/01/programmatically-createretrieve-user-profileuser-profile-properties-in-sharepoint-2013/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/41dbf544-0c67-4648-93a2-92c5a09a26b0/programmatically-update-user-profile-properties-in-sharepoint-2013-online?forum=sharepointdevelopment
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Adobe Forms in ABAP Image upload from a local drive

Hello,
Can anybody suggest me the procedure, how to upload the image field dynamically of an employee which is existing in PA30 to SAP interactive forms (SFP). I have gone through many forums but could not able to find any right solution on it.. and hence my development is required to design the layout and call this not through WDP but using ABAP report SE38 in order to generate the employee CV, the programming logic completed till downlaoding the employee photo to local drive from PA30 and I need the same to upload the picture which is downloaded earlier by my driver program into adobe form. Can anyboby help me on this mentioned issue will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Murali.

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Streaming purchased movies from a local drive

Hi everyone. I'm currently using the most recent Apple TV model, as of September 2014, with the most recent software updates installed. I am not previously familiar with the platform.
I am curious as to whether or not there is a system setting, other than Airplay, that will allow me to stream my purchased movies, from the iMac on my LAN by default. It appears that the Apple TV is streaming my purchased movies from the iCloud. I would like to make the device stream the movies from my iMac, instead. Is this possible?

If you are going to the Movies icon then it will stream your purchases from the cloud. If you would like to stream from your Mac you need to go to the Computers icon. Make sure home sharing is enabled on Apple TV and iTunes.
Note: all content would need to be in iTunes or on an external drive pointed to iTunes. Computer must be on and running iTunes.

How I can disable Firefox from browsing Local drives of servers for remote desktop users in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1??

Hi ..
Recently I came across a security hazard in firefox. it displays C and D rives content when "C:\" or "D:\" is typed in browser address bar. is there any workaround for restricting domain users to restrict this on firefox 12 ??
Thanks

Hiya,
It could sound like that one indeed. There are a few options to go for, however it should be fairly easy to find out :)
Create a test GPO and apply to a limited amount of users. GPUpdate and verify that the GPO has been applied using rsop.msc
Then open the application to test and see if it has the desired effect. You might need to change more than one setting, depending on the application and desired behavior.

Unable to copy file from local drive to external drive

I'm attempting to copy a 7gb file from my local drive on my iMac to an external firewire drive. Whenever I try to do this I get the following message: Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred.
I've rebooted, checked permissions on local and external drive. I'm the only person that uses this iMac. It only has one profile on it. Any suggestions?

Hello Sikwidityo
If that External HD is formatted MS-DOS FAT32, then there is a 4GB file size limit that the iMac's can write to it.
See > http://www.macworld.com/article/51972/2006/07/ww_drives.html
In order to copy large files to it you from your Intel iMac's, you will need to set the Partition Map Scheme to GUID Partition Table and Format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
See > http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html
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IE load is OK, Problem with Firefox...tries to load from local drive

My own website, in Firefox, opens fine when it is the Home (index.php) page OR a link from my homepage to a third party website. BUT, links from the home page to my other pages do not bring up images, possibly do not use the css (not sure), and try to load from the local drive. IE works with no problem whatsoever.
I think it may be a problem with the .htaccess file, as deleting/renaming the file makes it worse in both Firefox & IE. Also, the function that is causing the problem is the Apache .htaccess function Mod_rewrite...which can redirect browsers, regardless of what is written in an html or php web page file.
Turning off the redirect function in .htaccess is worse for Firefox, but (I believe) not for IE. This rewrite function is available with recent versions of Apached, but not older ones.
Any help would be appreciated. This is starting to get really "old".

Solved this:
Turns out that we now require at least "List" permissions for "Everyone" for the root of the partition where the User profiles reside.
This was not the case on our previous images.
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Image: display from local drive, upload to server file system, and display from server

Hello,
I am using jdev 11.1.2.4.0...
The requirement is that users would like to upload images from their local drive to server drive and they would like display images from server drive later.
We don't want to keep images in database. I am not sure what the solution should be; however, I plan to ....
1. create a table to keep an information of images -- image_id, image_location (server drive), image_filename
2. create a page where users can enter image information and specific filename from a local drive (I think I will use inputFile component) and provide the preview button to display an image on screen before save it. To save data is to save information to the database and copy an image file to the server drive (the destination location for image files is predefined.)
3. create another page where users can browse information from the database and display an image for a selected record by getting from the server.
I need suggestions on...
1. how to display an image on page from the local drive?
2. how to copy a file from a local drive to a server?
3. how to display an image on page from the server drive?
Thank you.
nat

See:
http://tompeez.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/jdev11-1-2-1-0-handling-imagesfiles-in-adf-part-1/
http://tompeez.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/jdev11-1-2-1-0-handling-imagesfiles-in-adf-part-2/
http://tompeez.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/jdev11-1-2-1-0-handling-imagesfiles-in-adf-part-3/
Where Timo saves images to the database, you save it to the file system (examples on how to do this from Java are available plenty if you just Google for it). Similar to Timo you then use the image tag to display images. The difference is that you can directly add the URL from the database table.
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Loading PDF from local drive and sending it to Agent Inbox

Hello experts,
I have a question regarding to sending e-mails to inbox agent (so that it will appeared in the Inbox in the transaction SBWP). Sending e-mail is not a problem and I use FM called SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1 to do it.
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Using cl_bcs much simpler
Based on BCS_EXAMPLE_3 .
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Does Discoverer 10g Plus allow uploading of reports from local drives?

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Does Discoverer 10g Plus allow uploading of reports from local drives? Or like 4i is this only possible from Desktop Client?
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No, you can't bring in Disco workbooks from a local drive with 10g Plus.
Only from the database and/or scheduled workbooks.
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How do i boot from a local Mac OS 9.1 writeable partition???

hi!
So i have a ibook(dual usb- 500mz), and i am trying to update my firmware tobeable to access a Netgear 'n-gigabit' router. I understand that i need to update my firmware to do this...
The instructions say, "The iBook Firmware Update 4.1.7 will only run on iBook computers running Mac OS 9.1 from a local drive. If you are using Mac OS X you must boot from a local Mac OS 9.1 writeable partition (not a CD, or network disk)"
Please someone help!!!
thanx, ronw.

There may be a matter of being able to access the wi-fi hotspot
via WPA or WPA2; and perhaps the computer's settings aren't
correct for whatever connection is available.
Some of the older hardware (wireless in Mac) may not be able
to connect to the 'house wi-fi' in some retail environs where they
may have a secure environment; or if they are using a different
802.11 protocol than the wireless card in the iBook can support.
The earliest color iBooks and the white iBook G3s only support
the 802.11/b wireless protocol. If the wireless base at a coffee
house or other source is set to support 802.11/g/n; that's out.
Some of the USB wireless internet adapters may work, if that is
the case (of having a source whose signal protocol is newer than
the supported version of the older hardware) most of them now
are USB2.0 and the old iBooks have USB1.1 or slow port speeds.
So, you may be able to connect to 802.11/g/n or a default at lower
than the advertised wireless speed, via a USB adapter.
Not sure what else to check, other than some of the settings; or
how the Locations are set up for choosing a new site when you
are traveling and hoping to connect to some unfamiliar wi-fi site.
While all my semi-modern (G4) Macs have wireless and use an
AirPort Extreme card (802.11/b/g) I seldom travel with a computer.
Mostly that's due to weather or total lack of internet when I travel
in somewhat isolated areas. I have no cell. Lucky to have electricity.
Anyway, hopefully that odd issue can be better explained by the
use of settings and perhaps the base station in that location, if
it IS set to be running only the later internet protocols for wi-fi.
+{And you don't need to install an OS9 version if the need for an+
+update to Firmware is no longer a concern. The question is mute.}+
Good luck & happy computing!

Xmlparser.parse fails with ORA-20100 when reading from mapped network drive

Hi
I have a problem with the xmlparser when parsing an xml document from a mapped network drive. If I read the xml document from a local drive, then there is no problem.
I haven't been able to find any documentation specifying this. Is there any way to parse a file from a mapped network drive???
To clarify, I have created an example procedure, that parses an XML doc from disc, notice that the G: drive is a mapped drive:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure test_xmlparser is
p xmlparser.Parser;
dir varchar2(100) := 'G:\Vejdirektoratet\root\xsl';
errfile VARCHAR2(32) := 'error.log';
begin
p := xmlparser.newParser;
-- set parser properties
xmlparser.setValidationMode(p, FALSE);
xmlparser.setErrorLog(p, dir || '\' || errfile);
xmlparser.setPreserveWhiteSpace(p, FALSE);
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xmlparser.parse(p, dir || '\' || 'HelloWorld.xml');
xmlparser.FREEPARSER(p);
end;
The file HelloWorld.xml contains the following:
<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<message>
<text>Hello World</text>
</message>
When running this in SQL*Plus I get the following error:
ORA-20100: Error occurred while parsing: Invalid argument
ORA-06512: at "SYS.XMLPARSER", line 22
ORA-06512: at "SYS.XMLPARSER", line 69
ORA-06512: at "VD.TEST_XMLPARSER", line 14
ORA-06512: at line 1
Changing the value of the variable dir to 'C:\' makes it all work.

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I need to ask a last, hopefully ;-), question on upgrading the JDK to 1.3.1:
As far as I understand, this is how I do it:
1) Install JDK 1.3.1 on DB server
2) tell Oracle DB, to use that JDK.
Is this the correct way? And how is step 2 done?
Looked on metalink, google etc., but could only find this for 9iAS (not the DB) and Oracle Applications 11i.
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