Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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2 Use your software for burning CDs or DVDs to burn the
bootcd.iso
image onto the CD or
DVD.
The
bootcd.iso
file is located in the
/opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils
directory on
the imaging server where ZENworks Linux Management is installed
3 Boot the device to be imaged from your newly created imaging boot CD or DVD.
You will be prompted for the diskette that contains the
settings.txt
file.
Booting from a SCSI CD-ROM device is currently not supported.
29.2.3 Using the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator
This utility allows you to do the following:
Š
“Managing the Settings.txt File” on page 356
Š
“Creating a Bootable Diskette” on page 359
Š
“Creating a Preboot Bootable Image” on page 361
IMPORTANT: This utility is a .NET application, and therefore requires the .NET framework to be
installed on the Windows device being used to run it.
Managing the Settings.txt File
There two
settings.txt
files shipped with ZENworks Linux Management:
Š
/srv/tftp/boot/settings.txt: PXE devices use this version of the file for automated preboot
work. This file exists on the imaging server and usually does not need to be modified. During
the boot process, this
settings.txt
file is read and the necessary settings information is
discovered and used.
Š /opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils/settings.txt: The imaging server copy of this file needs to
be modified for your network environment and a working copy of it should be maintained at
the root of the imaging boot device (imaging CD or DVD, or a blank floppy diskette). When
burning the imaging CD or DVD, be sure to include the edited copy of this
settings.txt
file.
You can manage the content of this copy of the
settings.txt
file with the ZENworks
Imaging Media Creator utility, as outlined in the following steps.
To manually edit the
settings.txt
file, see Section D.5, “Imaging Configuration Parameters
(settings.txt),” on page 618 .
For more information, see Section D.5, “Imaging Configuration Parameters (settings.txt),” on
page 618 .
To manage the
settings.txt
file using the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator utility:
1 On a Windows device, browse to the
opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils
directory on
your Linux imaging server and run
zmediacreator.exe
.
You might need to configure Samba on the Linux server in order for the Windows device to
have access to this directory.
The following dialog box is displayed: