Specifications

1.3.3 System Configuration
OS Updates
Run Software Update and install any pending updates. Reboot as necessary,
and continue running until no further updates are pending.
Resources Folder
Create an alias to the ”Resources” folder on Veronica on the Desktop.
Finder Preferences
Show Connected Servers.
New Finder windows should open Applications.
Sidebar should only show Hard Disks, External Disks, CDs, DVDs, and
iPods, Connected Servers, Home, and Applications.
Show all file extensions.
Disable Spotlight
Spotlight is a resource hog, and not useful in a repair image. You can disable it
by running the following commands:
For Leopard (10.5):
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Spotlight.plist
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
For Snow Leopard (10.6):
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.metadata.mdwrite.plist
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
Disable Bonjour
Additionally, we don’t want to allow bonjour requests to or from netbooted ma-
chines. Add the following firewall rules to deny Bonjour traffic in /etc/rc.local:
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