What’s new

Admin & Runtime

1. -Timezone auto detection option (10.6 minimum).
   

Assistant

- custom ARD user name support (was dsuser by default),

1. -NetBoot sets background image is now customizable,
   

2. -10.7.2 NetBoot sets support.
   

3. -NetBoot set disk image renamed to NetInstall.dmg for AST compatibility.
   

Freeze Homedirs

- autonomous package installer added to Extras folder.

Finalize script

1. -disables the default iCloud subscription invitation and natural scroll test after upgrading to 10.7.2.
   

Bug fixes

Core

1. -system calls parameters protection,
   

2. -ByHost preferences renaming fix,
   

3. -2s pauses were added to strategic post-install tasks to maintain workflow order,
   

4. -email notifications on 10.7 systems,
   

- ds_finalize.sh script improved support of auto-login configurations,

1. -recovery partition size fix on restore,
   

2. -improved support of special characters (backslash) in directory binding scripts.
   
   

Admin

1. -computers listing and selection,
   

2. -new computers icons,
   

- tables sorting.

Runtime

1. -fdisk error when restoring NTFS/EXT disk images on 10.5 NetBoot sets,
   

2. -ds_finalize.sh script updated to match the workflow order when calling the softwareupdate client (was always launched first).
   

Notes

1. -CIFS client doesn’t work on 10.7 NetBoot sets at this time.
   

2. -live package installs are blocking the workflow execution on 10.7 NetBoot sets. Use the postponed install option until we find a workaround (packages installation will occur at first boot).
   

3. -HFS disk images must now have the *.hfs.dmg file name extension otherwise they will be ignored. If you have created HFS disk images with third party tools, please rename them accordingly.
   

4. -DeployStudio Server installer updates automatically compatible DeployStudio NetBoot sets found on the local disks. If none of your NetBoot sets are compatible, you’ll need to create a new one using the DeployStudio Assistant application shipped with the release you have installed.
   

5. -DeployStudio requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 since rc121. Use rc20 for 10.4 support.