cat /Volumes/NetInstall/Packages/InstallPreferences.plist
The output would be as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>restoreList</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>installRecoveryPartition</key>
<true/>
<key>restoreSourcesAllowManual</key>
<true/>
<key>restoreSourcesArray</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>descriptionKey</key>
<string>Unicast Image</string>
<key>sourceKey</key>
<string>asr://test.krypted.com</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>restoreSourcesBrowseMulticast</key>
<false/>
<key>restoreSourcesBrowseOthers</key>
<true/>
<key>retainOriginalVolumeName</key>
<true/>
<key>sourcePath</key>
<string>/System/Installation/Packages/System.dmg</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Here, let’s look at a few specific keys that we can edit:
plutil -convert xml1 /Volumes/NetBootSP/NetInstall\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.nbi/NBImageInfo.plist
In here, you’ll see a plist similar to the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Architectures</key>
<array>
<string>i386</string>
</array>
<key>BackwardCompatible</key>
<false/>
<key>BootFile</key>
<string>booter</string>
<key>Description</key>
<string></string>
<key>DisabledSystemIdentifiers</key>
<array>
<string>iMac10,1</string>
<string>iMac11,1</string>
<string>iMac11,2</string>
<string>iMac11,3</string>
<string>iMac12,1</string>
<string>iMac12,2</string>
<string>iMac13,1</string>
<string>iMac13,2</string>
<string>iMac13,3</string>
<string>iMac14,1</string>
<string>iMac14,2</string>
<string>iMac14,3</string>
<string>iMac14,4</string>
<string>iMac15,1</string>
<string>iMac7,1</string>
<string>iMac8,1</string>
<string>iMac9,1</string>
<string>Mac-50619A408DB004DA</string>
<string>Mac-F305150B0C7DEEEF</string>
<string>MacBook5,1</string>
<string>MacBook5,2</string>
<string>MacBook6,1</string>
<string>MacBook7,1</string>
<string>MacBook8,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir2,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir3,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir3,2</string>
<string>MacBookAir4,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir4,2</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacBookAir6,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir6,2</string>
<string>MacBookAir7,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir7,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro11,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro11,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro11,3</string>
<string>MacBookPro12,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro3,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro4,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro5,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro5,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro5,3</string>
<string>MacBookPro5,4</string>
<string>MacBookPro5,5</string>
<string>MacBookPro6,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro6,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro7,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro8,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro8,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro8,3</string>
<string>MacBookPro9,1</string>
<string>MacBookPro9,2</string>
<string>Macmini3,1</string>
<string>Macmini4,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,2</string>
<string>Macmini5,3</string>
<string>Macmini6,1</string>
<string>Macmini6,2</string>
<string>Macmini7,1</string>
<string>MacPro3,1</string>
<string>MacPro4,1</string>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<string>MacPro6,1</string>
<string>Xserve3,1</string>
</array>
<key>EnabledSystemIdentifiers</key>
<array/>
<key>Index</key>
<integer>2459</integer>
<key>IsDefault</key>
<false/>
<key>IsEnabled</key>
<true/>
<key>IsInstall</key>
<true/>
<key>Kind</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>Language</key>
<string>Default</string>
<key>Name</key>
<string>test</string>
<key>RootPath</key>
<string>NetInstall.dmg</string>
<key>SupportsDiskless</key>
<false/>
<key>Type</key>
<string>HTTP</string>
<key>imageType</key>
<string>netrestore</string>
<key>osVersion</key>
<string>10.10</string>
</dict>
</plist>
The important keys to look at here are:
krypted July 9th, 2015
Posted In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mass Deployment, Network Infrastructure
Tags: descriptionkey, installrecoverypartition, NetBoot, NetInstall, netinstall.dmg, NetRestore, restorelist, restoresourcesarray, sourcekey