Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User’s Guide
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To create a Ghost image
1. In the
Create Disk Image
dialog, select
Ghost Image (.gho)
from the
Imaging
Tool
drop-down list.
2. Add additional parameters in the
Additional Parameters
field.
3. Enter the path and file name to store the disk image.
4. (Optional) To disable the validation of the image path, select the
Disable image
path validation
check box. This is useful if the image is stored locally, or if you are
retrieving the image from a remote server.
5. To use Microsoft Sysprep, select the
Prepare using Sysprep
check box and specify
the operating system and product key.
6. From the
Automation pre-boot environment (DOS/WinPE/Linux)
drop-down
list, select the required pre-boot environment to create the disk in the selected pre-
boot environment.
By default, the
Default Automation (Auto-select)
type is selected.
7. Click
Next
.
The
Return Codes
dialog appears.
8. (Optional) Set Return Codes. See
Setting up return codes
on page 193.
9. Click
Finish
.
The task appears in the Task list for the job. The Ghost image is created when you
run this task.
Advanced Sysprep settings for creating a disk
image
You can use the
Sysprep Advanced Settings
dialog to specify Sysprep mass storage
device support. By default, the
Enable mass storage device support using built-in
drivers (For Windows XP and 2003 only)
option is selected.
Disable mass storage device support.
When this option is selected, the Sysprep.inf
file contains the section [Sysprep] with the key value pair as
BuildMassStorageSection = No
.
Enable mass storage device support using built-in drivers.
When this option is
selected, the Sysprep.inf file contains the section [Sysprep] with the key value pair as
BuildMassStorageSection = Yes
.
Enable mass storage device support using following:
When this option is selected,
the Sysprep.inf file contains the section [SysprepMassStorage] and is appended by
contents of the file mentioned in the
Mass storage section file
field. You can also copy
the drivers directory mentioned in the
Mass storage drivers
field.
Command-line switches.
You can add command-line options.
Advanced Sysprep settings for creating a disk
image in Windows Vista
You can use the
Sysprep advanced settings
dialog to specify the settings for any
Windows Vista operating system. If you select Windows Vista as the operating system
under Sysprep settings on the
Create Disk Image
dialog and click
Advanced
