Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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Click Load , browse for the
settings.txt
file, then click Open .
The default location is
A:\
. Browse to the
/opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils/
directory for the copy to be modified.
When the file is loaded, the fields in this dialog box are populated from the information
contained in the
settings.txt
file.
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(Optional) In the Settings.txt Options section on the CD Media Boot page, fill in the fields:
Prompt for Configuration When Booting from Diskette: Specifies whether to prompt for
these configuration settings when you boot a device with the bootable diskette and CD or
DVD. If you leave this option deselected, the device boots using the configuration settings that
you make here and you are not able to override the settings during bootup. If you select this
option, you are given the chance to change each setting during bootup.
Reboot Manually: Specifies whether you must reboot a device manually after it was booted
with the bootable diskette in automatic mode. (If the device was booted with the bootable
diskette in manual mode, you must always reboot the device manually.)
If you boot a device with the bootable diskette and you let the bootup process proceed in
automatic mode, the imaging engine starts and checks the Preboot server to see if an automatic
imaging operation should be performed. If so, it performs the imaging operation on the device
and quits. If not, it quits without doing anything. What happens next depends on whether you
select this option.
If you leave this option deselected, you are prompted to remove the bootable diskette and press
any key to reboot the device automatically to its native operating system. If you select this
option, the device doesn’t reboot automatically, but instead displays the Linux bash prompt,