Creating a hardware-specific image, Creating and preparing the image files, Creating – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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Setting

the

attributes

based

on

an

existing

base

operating-system

module

To

set

the

attributes

for

a

new

Portable-Sysprep

Image

base

operating-system

module

to

match

the

attributes

of

an

existing

base

operating-system

module,

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

repository

where

you

want

the

new

base

operating-system

module

to

reside.

2.

If

your

repository

contains

folders,

navigate

to

the

folder

where

you

want

the

new

base

operating-system

module

to

reside.

3.

From

the

Main

Window

menu

bar,

click

Insert

and

then

click

Operating

System...

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

opens.

4.

Click

Next

.

5.

Verify

that

the

Operating

System

radio

button

is

selected,

and

then

click

Next

.

6.

In

the

Name

field,

type

a

name

that

you

want

to

use

to

identify

this

module.

Be

as

specific

as

possible.

This

name

will

be

the

name

that

appears

in

the

repository.

7.

Click

the

No

radio

button

to

indicate

that

this

module

is

not

a

container.

8.

Click

Next

.

9.

From

the

list

of

modules,

select

the

module

you

want

to

use

as

the

source

and

then

click

Next

.

10.

Click

Finish

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

closes

and

the

Operating

System

window

for

the

new

module

opens.

11.

Make

any

necessary

changes.

Refer

to

the

ImageUltra

Builder

help

system

if

you

need

assistance.

12.

When

you

are

finished

modifying

the

attributes,

click

the

Save

icon

in

the

Main

window

tool

bar.

13.

Continue

with

“Building

a

new

module”

on

page

165.

Creating

a

Hardware-Specific

Image

There

are

three

main

steps

to

creating

a

base

operating-system

module

based

on

a

Hardware-Specific

Image:

1.

Creating

the

Hardware-Specific

Image

on

a

source

computer

and

using

Symantec

Norton

Ghost

or

PowerQuest

DeployCenter

to

create

the

image

files

2.

Setting

the

module

attributes

3.

Building

the

module

from

the

image

files

Creating

and

preparing

the

image

files

To

create

and

prepare

Hardware-Specific

Image

source

files,

do

the

following:

1.

On

a

source

computer,

install

the

Windows

operating

system

that

you

want

on

your

target

computers.

You

can

use

any

file

system

that

you

want.

2.

Install

any

application

programs

that

will

be

common

across

all

of

your

target

computers.

3.

Install

the

Microsoft

Sysprep

program

designed

for

your

operating

system

in

the

C:\SYSPREP

folder.

Do

not

run

SYSPREP.EXE

at

this

time.

Note:

The

Windows

2000

version

of

the

Sysprep

program

is

available

from

the

Microsoft

Web

site

at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/download/tools/

sysprep/license.asp

.

The

Windows

XP

version

of

the

Sysprep

program

is

on

the

Windows

XP

CD

in

the

\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB

file.

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