10.13 NBI: Take 8+ minutes to boot

[macmule]

Looks to be an Apple issue, recreated with SIU.

Open Radar

As per: http://www.openradar.me/34251768

Summary:

10.13 NetBoot images created with SIU from a beta 8, 9 source take 8+ minutes to boot.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a NetBoot Image with SIU with a Beta 8 or 9 APFS volume as the source
2. Time how long booting to the NetBoot takes (from boot to loginwindow).

Expected Results:

10.12.x same hardware is 3-4 minutes

Actual Results:

8-9 minutes but boot does complete

Version:

10.13

Notes:

In my testing the source DMG was created with AutoDMG

Comments

Issue persists in release

[beezoncheg]

Today Apple has released Server 5.5 with fixes for NetBoot.
10.13.2 image it boots over HTTP in exactly 4 minutes on MacBook Air over gigabit network. Seems that they are fixed this issue (finger crossed)

[macmule]

Looks to have been resolved within a more recent 10.13.x update