Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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5 (Required) In the Imaging Proxy Server Address section on the CD Media Boot page, specify
either the fixed IP address or the full DNS name of Preboot server (where novell-pbserv is
running).
This specifies which Preboot server to connect to when you boot a device with the bootable
diskette.
Use a DNS name only if it is working on your network and the imaging server has an entry in
your DNS server’s name resolution table.
6 Click Save , browse for where you want to save the
settings.txt
file, then click Save .
Saves the configurations made in the Settings.txt Options section to the
settings.txt
file in
the specified location. The default location is
A:\
, such as for a bootable diskette (see
“Creating a Bootable Diskette” on page 359 ).
You can save to a different location for use in burning to an imaging CD or DVD.
7 When you are finished using this utility, click Close .
IMPORTANT: If you manually edit the
settings.txt
file to provide paths to executables,
make sure that you provide the full path, or the executable might not run.
Creating a Bootable Diskette
If you have devices that cannot normally boot a CD or DVD, but has the CD or DVD hardware
installed, you can use the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator utility to create a diskette that enables
the device to boot from a CD or DVD.
To create a bootable diskette:
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: