Customizing the preboot environment, Changing the main gui fonts – Lenovo ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery 4.3 (Deployment Guide) User Manual
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Notes:
a.
Catalog files are unnecessary, as they are not processed by the Rescue and
Recovery environment. The preceding instructions apply to any device
driver that might be required to configure the computer.
b.
With the limitation of Windows PE, you might have to manually apply
some configuration applications or settings as registry updates.
6.
To put the device drivers into the Rescue and Recovery environment, enter the
following from a command line:
C:\ RRUTIL.EXE -p C:\temp
Example 2 : Adding mass-storage controller drivers (such as
SATA) to the Predesktop Area
1.
Create a subdirectory under \minint\system32\ to contain the driver.
2.
Copy *.sys into \minint\systme32\drivers.
3.
Update \minint\system32\winpeoem.sif to include the subdirectory containing
the driver (for an example, examine this file from 4.3 build 37).
4.
Ensure the iastor file and folder are in the subdirectory you created..
5.
Make sure the subdirectory you created containing the iastor driver has a valid
txtsetup.oem file.
Customizing the preboot environment
By editing the configuration file pdaguixx.ini (where xx is the language
designation), you can customize the following elements of the Rescue and
Recovery environment:
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Changing the main GUI fonts
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Changing the environment background
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Entries and functions in the left panel of the user interface
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The HTML-based help system for the Rescue and Recovery environment
Note:
To obtain, edit, and replace the pdaguien.ini file, see “Example:
Changing the main GUI fonts
You can change the font of the main graphical user interface (GUI). The default
settings might not display all characters correctly, depending on the language and
characters required. In pdaguixx.ini (where xx is the language designation) the
[Fonts] section contains the default settings for the character style that is displayed.
The following are default settings for most single-byte character set languages:
[Fonts]
LeftNavNorm = "Microsoft Sans Serif"
LeftNavBold = "Arial Bold"
MenuBar = "Microsoft Sans Serif"
Depending on your visual and character set requirements, the following fonts are
compatible and tested with the Rescue and Recovery environment:
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Courier
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Times New Roman
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Comic Sans MS
Other fonts might be compatible, but have not been tested.
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