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To restart the machine after making changes, click 

Restart

The following configuration options are available: 

• To hide the Frozen icon, check the 

Hide “Frozen” Icon in Kicker Panel

 checkbox

• To hide the Thawed icon, check the 

Hide “Thawed” Icon in Kicker Panel

 checkbox

Partitions Tab

When the 

Partitions

 tab is selected, Deep Freeze searches the machine and lists the supported partitions 

present on a machine. The partitions listed can be put into a Frozen state or a Thawed state. 

All partitions on the machine are initially Frozen by default.
To Thaw a partition, uncheck the corresponding box in the 

Frozen? 

column.

To Freeze a partition, check the corresponding box in the 

Frozen? 

column.

Removable media such as external FireWire or USB hard drives or keychain drives are 

not displayed and cannot be Frozen.

Exporting and Importing Configurations

A file containing the configuration information set in Deep Freeze can be exported to an XML file. The 

resulting XML file can be imported into Deep Freeze on the same or alternate computers. 
To export the configuration information, click 

Export

 and save the file to a preferred location. 

To import a configuration file, click 

Import

 and browse to the location of the saved file. The computer 

must be restarted for any changes to take effect from the imported file. 

Summary of Contents for DEEP FREEZE LINUX - 5-2007

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Page 3: ...s 7 00 am to 5 00pm Pacific Time Address Faronics Technologies USA Inc Suite 170 2411 Old Crow Canyon Road San Ramon CA 94583 USA Faronics Corporation 620 609 Granville St Vancouver BC V7Y 1G5 Canada Last modified May 2007 2007FaronicsCorporation Allrightsreserved DeepFreeze DeepFreezeMac DeepFreezeLinux Faronics FaronicsAnti Executable Faronics Power Save Faronics Power Save Mac Faronics User Ref...

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Page 5: ...ling Deep Freeze 8 Uninstalling Deep Freeze 8 Configuring Deep Freeze 9 Launching Deep Freeze 9 Boot Control Tab 9 Partitions Tab 10 Exporting and Importing Configurations 10 Command Line Control 11 Command Line Examples 11 DFL Return Values 12 Using Deep Freeze 12 Deep Freeze Icons 12 Saving Documents 12 Software Installation and Permanent Changes 12 ...

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Page 7: ...5 GHz processor Important Terminology A Frozen partition is completely restored to its exact original configuration and contents upon each restart of the machine A Thawed partition functions normally as if Deep Freeze was not installed About Faronics Faronics develops and markets intelligent utilities for absolute control of multi user computing environments Faronics market leading solutions have ...

Page 8: ...ified after the install Alternatively Deep Freeze Linux can be installed using YaST Refer to the YaST documentation for instructions on how to do this After installation has completed the Deep Freeze Linux application dfl will be installed in opt dfl and a soft link of sbin dfl will be created The PATH and MANPATH variables can optionally be updated to provide specific users with access to the Dee...

Page 9: ...oot Control and Partitions On all tabs the OK button saves and closes the Main Screen the Apply button saves any changes but does not close the Main Screen the Cancel button closes the Main Screen but displays a warning prompting the user to save any unsaved changes if they exist prior to doing so Boot Control Tab Deep Freeze appears with the Boot Control tab selected The Boot Control tab contains...

Page 10: ...partition uncheck the corresponding box in the Frozen column To Freeze a partition check the corresponding box in the Frozen column Removable media such as external FireWire or USB hard drives or keychain drives are not displayed and cannot be Frozen Exporting and Importing Configurations A file containing the configuration information set in Deep Freeze can be exported to an XML file The resultin...

Page 11: ...s representing the Frozen or Thawed status of the machine i import file Imports the configuration settings from a specified XML file r restart Restarts the system immediately The partitions will be Frozen or Thawed according to the last Freeze or Thaw command applied to them s status partition Displays the current Deep Freeze status of one or more partitions Status is returned as either Frozen or ...

Page 12: ...restart Deep Freeze Icons When Deep Freeze is installed the polar bear icon appears in the kicker panel if the icon has been configured to appear The Frozen polar bear icon indicates that the machine is currently Frozen The Thawed polar bear icon indicates that the machine is currently Thawed Saving Documents On a machine that is Frozen a user can permanently save documents to a Thawed partition o...

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