Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 - Manual (Page 120)

Previewing your maps
The ImageUltra Builder program has a built-in preview function that simulates the
behavior of the installation menus during deployment. You use the preview
function at the ImageUltra Builder console. To start the preview function, do the
following:
1.
Open the Base Map window for the map you want to preview. If the Base Map
window is already open, make sure you have saved your latest changes.
2. In the Main window menu bar, click Tools and then click Preview.
Note: If a map is not constructed correctly, it is possible for the menu system to
hang or get in a loop whereby you cannot complete the menu selections in
the simulation. To exit from the simulation at anytime, press Ctrl+Esc to
return to the Windows desktop; then, close the simulation from the
Windows task bar.
Creating a device-driver map tree structure
The New Map Wizard enables you to create a new driver map from scratch or
create a new driver map based on an existing driver map. The New Map Wizard
handles creating the new driver map entry in the repository, assigning the map a
file name, and placing the map in the correct repository location.
There are some fundamental differences between base and driver maps. Unlike
base-map tree structures, the only components that are added to driver-map tree
structures are menu items and device-driver modules. Menu items in driver maps
have no effect on the menus displayed at the target computer. The only purposes
for menu items in a driver map are:
v To provide the developer with a mechanism for annotation
v To assign filters to one or more device-driver modules
It is not always necessary to include a driver map as part of a deployable Smart
Image. If you deploy an Ultra-Portable Image or a Portable-Sysprep Image to a
Lenovo branded target computer, you have the choice of:
v Using a driver map and managing all of the device-driver modules required for
that target computer
v Not using a driver map and relying on the ImageUltra-provided device-driver
modules in the service partition or HPA of the target computer
If you deploy a Hardware-Specific Image to a target computer, any driver map
deployed as part of that Smart Image will be ignored during the installation of the
Hardware-Specific Image. The target computer requires all device drivers be
included in the Hardware-Specific Image.
If you decide to use driver maps, there are two approaches to constructing them:
v Create simple driver maps that support a single computer machine type.
This approach requires creating and managing multiple maps, each customized
with device drivers suited for a particular target computer. If you create a simple
driver map, you are responsible for determining all of the device drivers that are
required for that computer and inserting all of the appropriate device-driver
modules into the tree structure.
v Create a complex driver map that supports many computer machine types.
This approach uses one menu item for each machine type that your organization
supports and then assigns a filter to each menu item to determine which set of
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