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Hi All,
I've been, for the past week, imaging Macbooks using netinstall. Everything has been going great. I used three different images from a xServe G5. DHCP is running on the G5 as well.
All the sudden, when I tried to image the iBooks with an iBook image, the iBooks seem to just hang. I have no idea what the difference is between today and yesterday.
I created the iBook image using disk utility to create a compressed dmg. Then I used the system image utility to create the install image. I have tried a different image that worked a couple days ago for the ibooks, and that one now doesn't work.
This is very strange to me, but hopefully someone here might have an answer. Thanks!
I am running 10.4.10 on a Dual 2Ghz G5 xServe with 1gb ram. Here are my logs:
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: server name ftx.educ.psu.edu
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: interface en0: ip 146.186.208.250 mask 255.255.254.0
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: interface en1: ip 10.0.5.1 mask 255.255.255.0
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: dhcp: re-reading lease list
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: BSDP DISCOVER [en1] 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42 NetBoot133 arch=ppc sysid=PowerBook6,5
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/ni_basePDS07.nbi/booter
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: replying to 0.0.0.0
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: BSDP OFFER sent [1,0:d:93:77:c0:42] pktsize 367
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: DHCP DISCOVER [en1]: 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpvendorspecific
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: replying to 10.0.5.10
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: OFFER sent <no hostname> 10.0.5.10 pktsize 300
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.004103 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: NetBoot: parse vendor specific options failed, missing vendor specific options
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: DHCP REQUEST [en1]: 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpvendorspecific
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: replying to 10.0.5.10
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: ACK sent <no hostname> 10.0.5.10 pktsize 300
Aug 2 09:52:01 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.001402 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: BSDP INFORM [en1] 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42 NetBoot133 arch=ppc sysid=PowerBook6,5
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/ni_basePDS07.nbi/booter
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: NetBoot: [1,0:d:93:77:c0:42] BSDP ACK[SELECT] sent 10.0.5.10 pktsize 370
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: DHCP INFORM [en1]: 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpvendorspecific
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: reply ciaddr 10.0.5.10
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: ACK sent <no hostname> 10.0.5.10 pktsize 300
Aug 2 09:52:06 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.003383 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:13 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000027 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:27 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000024 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: DHCP REQUEST [en1]: 1,0:d:93:77:c0:42
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpnetinfo_serveraddress
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpnetinfo_servertag
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpslp_directoryagent
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpslp_servicescope
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: subnet entry B42B4283-3DE0-49ED-B2A0-720B9417F185 is missing option dhcpproxy_auto_discoveryurl
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: replying to 10.0.5.10
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: ACK sent <no hostname> 10.0.5.10 pktsize 300
Aug 2 09:52:34 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.002853 seconds
Aug 2 09:52:57 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000021 seconds
Aug 2 09:54:13 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000325 seconds
Aug 2 09:56:13 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000298 seconds
Aug 2 09:56:57 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000018 seconds
Aug 2 09:58:13 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000023 seconds
Aug 2 09:58:54 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000021 seconds
Aug 2 09:59:13 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000318 seconds
Aug 2 09:59:16 ftx bootpd[637]: service time 0.000021 seconds

iOS 3.2 is actually the ipad's software version. IBooks can run on the ipad and on ios4 devices(ipad doesn't have iOS 4 yet).
As a 1st gen ipod touch, you won't be able to use iBooks. Apple is trying to phase out support for older products.
I suggest using the app "Stanza" instead. It is a great book reader and I honestly think it runs better than iBooks. It just has a seperate store not a part of apple if you wanted to buy any books. Also, it has all the free books that are available through iBooks too.

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