In the process of doing this I changed about every setting I could think to change including jacking around with the ist and got nowhere. Even this got me the Error Code 512: Access Violation message when running the tftp test, and just in case I also just went ahead and tried to netboot it and got the same conversation in the log. Next, thinking that maybe this is really some oddball network issue related to my org that I dont understand, I set up a private network with just my machine and a client, enabling dhcp from the mac. So to correct this, starting with the file 'booter' and working my way up the folder tree, set gradually higher levels of permissions until now I am at the point where permissions is 777 all the way up to the folder tree, and I am continuing to get the same error. My instinct and the apparent instinct of the internet is that this is a permissions problem. This returns 'Error code 512: Access Violation.' From the client I ran tftp to the ip of the server and attempted executing get /Library/Netboot/./booter. Running through some of the troubleshooting information on the internet I was led to test the tftp connection. This exchange reccurs for a number of repeats and then the exchange ends abruptly and the client boots to the local OS. After examing the logs on the server I can see that the server is acknowledging the bsdp requests and returning a list. Even if I set the startup using the bless command it wont boot from the network. With the netinstall service running on the server, the first red flag is that when selecting the startup disk on the client mac, the netboot image doesnt show up. To put it shortly at this point it won't netboot as it should. On a completely fresh install of Mountail Lion with Mountain Lion Server I have been using the documentation provided on the DS website set up the Mac Server, and installed and run Deploy Studio Assistant to create a netboot set. Eventually I want to be doing this with the Deploy Studio software package Im trying to netboot clients from my mac server running on a late model mac mini.

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