Lenovo ThinkPad R400 - Manual (Page 6)

Driver-map settings . . . . . . . . . . 70
Menu Item Properties window . . . . . . . . 71
Menu Link Properties window . . . . . . . . 73
Module windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Modifying module attributes and map settings . . 73
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Repository tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Map tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 6. Map construction overview 77
Creating a base-map tree structure . . . . . . . 77
Inserting menu items in a base map . . . . . 77
Inserting modules in a base map . . . . . . 79
Special considerations for I386 base
operating-system modules . . . . . . . . 82
Using utilities in a base map . . . . . . . 85
Using filters in a base map . . . . . . . . 88
Using links in a base map . . . . . . . . 91
Defining user information in a base map . . . 92
Controlling the network-sync function . . . . 94
Controlling the behavior of the service partition 95
Using a partitioning module in a base map . . . 96
Simple and complex base maps . . . . . . 101
Adding a hidden system menu in a base map 103
Customizing module behavior within a base
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Special considerations for the Rescue and
Recovery product . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Previewing your maps . . . . . . . . . 105
Creating a device-driver map tree structure . . . 105
Inserting menu items in a driver map . . . . 106
Inserting modules in a driver map . . . . . 106
Using filters in a driver map . . . . . . . 107
Using variables; an advanced base-map function 108
Setting a variable to contain a hard coded value 109
Setting conditions to determine menu items
displayed during the installation process . . . 110
Referencing text within menu items and
sub-menu item titles . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting a variable to prompt the user for a
specific value during the installation process . . 112
Setting a variable so that a prompted value is
passed as a parameter for a utility or filter . . 113
Excluding modules from a map . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 7. Creating maps . . . . . . 115
Creating and modifying base maps . . . . . . 115
Creating a new base map . . . . . . . . 115
Creating a new base map based on an existing
base map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adding menu items to a base map . . . . . 116
Adding operating-system modules to a base
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Adding application modules to a base map . . 118
Replacing modules in a base map . . . . . 118
Customizing module behavior within a base
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Working with base-map settings and menu-item
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Creating and modifying driver maps . . . . . 127
Creating a new driver map . . . . . . . . 128
Creating a new driver map based on an existing
driver map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adding menu items to a driver map . . . . 129
Adding device-driver modules to a driver map 129
Replacing modules in a driver map . . . . . 130
Working with driver-map settings and
menu-item properties . . . . . . . . . . 130
Chapter 8. Preparing source files for
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Creating source operating-system images . . . . 135
Ultra-Portable Image source files . . . . . . 135
Required third-party tools . . . . . . . . 140
Creating a Portable-Sysprep Image . . . . . 142
Creating a Hardware-Specific Image . . . . . 146
Preparing source files for application modules and
add-on operating-system modules . . . . . . 149
Preparing for a silent install . . . . . . . 149
Adding mini-applications . . . . . . . . 150
Making files accessible to the ImageUltra
Builder console . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
After the files are prepared . . . . . . . . 150
Setting the attributes for a new application
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Setting the attributes based on an existing
application module . . . . . . . . . . 153
Setting the attributes for a new add-on
operating-system module . . . . . . . . 154
Setting the attributes based on an existing
add-on operating-system module . . . . . . 156
Preparing source files for a partitioning module 156
Preparing source files for a device-driver module 158
Adding mini-applications . . . . . . . . 158
Requirements for preparing device-driver files
for modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting the attributes for a new device-driver
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting the attributes based on an existing
device-driver module . . . . . . . . . . 161
Preparing source files for utility modules files . . 161
Setting the attributes for a new utility module 162
Setting the attributes based on an existing utility
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Preparing source files for filter modules files . . . 163
Setting the attributes for a new filter module 164
Setting the attributes based on an existing filter
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Building a new module . . . . . . . . . . 165
Chapter 9. Specifying the
module-installation order . . . . . . 167
The installation-order process . . . . . . . . 168
Add-on operating-system modules, application
modules, and device-driver modules . . . . 168
Partitioning modules . . . . . . . . . . 169
Modifying the install hook . . . . . . . . . 169
Modifying the install slot . . . . . . . . . 170
Modifying the install sequence with a base map 170
Installation-order tips and notes . . . . . . . 172
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