Using a FW drive to reinstall OSX - can I use one image for all my Macs?
I am setting up an external firewire drive to allow me to reinstall from the drive rather than from the DVDs. The question I have is whether I need to make separate partitions for each Mac I have from their original discs or whether I can use the same install discs for different Macs?
Thanks,
David
Hello Sherman,
I use an External FW drive just like that, I have a partition that is the Installer 10.4 - it's so much faster than using the DVD's ! - and another which is a normal install which also has DMG's of our SOE for easily and quickly wiping machines and installing everything at once...
If you have a number of computers - I've got over 200 to look after - a FW drive with installs and soe's and Disk Utils is an absolute must have !
Mitch
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Usually a single SQL statement is the right way to go.
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:760210800346068768
(memorize the mantra)
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Make sure first that you understand how it works:
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/forall_statement.htm#LNPLS01321
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