Changing the video resolution, Startup applications – Lenovo ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery 4.3 (Deployment Guide) User Manual

Page 55

Advertising
background image

The following table provides the entry and description for IP configurations:

Table 20. Static IP address entries

Entry

Description

Gateway

Specifies the IP address of an IP router. Configuring a default
gateway creates a default route in the IP routing table.
Syntax:

Gateway = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

IPConfig

Specifies the IP address that Windows PE uses to connect to a
network.
Syntax: IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

StartNet

Specifies whether to start networking services.
Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No

SubnetMask

Specifies a 32-bit value that enables the recipient of IP packets to
distinguish the network ID and host ID portions of the IP
address.
Syntax: SubnetMask = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Changing the video resolution

You can change the video resolution by changing the default Predesktop Area
resolution settings of 800

Ч 600 Ч 16-bit. To change the settings, complete the

following procedures:
1.

Get the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL process
described in “Using RRUTIL.EXE” on page 30.

2.

Open the file for editing.

3.

Add the following entries:

[ComputerSettings]

DisplayResolution=800x600x16 or 1024x768x16

When the Rescue and Recovery environment starts, you see an additional
window during startup that is titled

″Factory preinstallation″. The colors are

reduced from thousands to 256.

4.

Put back the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL
process described in “Using RRUTIL.EXE” on page 30.

Startup applications

The Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment has the ability to support a
startup scripts, programs, or customized programs. These scripts or programs will
be processed before the Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment reaches
the main PE interface page.

The directory to place the scripts or programs is \Preboot\Startup. Scripts or
programs in this directory are processed alphanumerically. For example, a script
called a.bat would be processed before 1.exe.

To place a script or program in this directory, complete the following steps:
1.

Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools
site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-
ADMIN#rnr

2.

Create a Temp directory.

3.

In the \Temp directory create the following directory tree: \preboot\startup.

Chapter 3. Configurations

47

Advertising