Setting the attributes for a new utility module, Setting, Attributes – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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Utilities

reside

in

the

staging

area

(service

partition

or

network-staging

folder)

and

do

not

get

installed

on

an

active

partition.

Little

preparation

is

required

for

the

source

files.

The

following

are

the

only

requirements:

v

The

utility

must

be

in

a

ready-to-run

format.

It

cannot

require

an

installation

process.

v

The

utility

must

be

placed

in

a

dedicated

folder

on

a

drive

that

is

accessible

by

the

ImageUltra

Builder

console.

v

The

utility

folder

structure

must

be

maintained.

When

the

source

files

meet

these

requirements,

you

can

set

the

attributes

for

the

new

utility.

Setting

the

attributes

for

a

new

utility

module

The

following

information

describes

how

to

set

the

attributes

for

a

new

device-driver

module

without

using

an

existing

module

as

a

template.

If

you

want

to

set

the

attributes

for

a

new

module

to

match

the

attributes

of

an

existing

module,

see

“Setting

the

attributes

based

on

an

existing

utility

module”

on

page

163.

1.

Open

the

repository

where

you

want

the

new

utility

module

to

reside.

2.

If

your

repository

has

folders,

navigate

to

the

folder

where

you

want

the

Utility

module

to

reside.

3.

From

the

Main

Window

menu

bar,

click

Insert

and

then

click

Utility...

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

opens.

4.

Click

Next

.

5.

Verify

that

the

Utility

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

Next

.

8.

Click

Next

without

selecting

any

of

the

modules

that

are

listed.

9.

Click

Finish

.

The

New

Module

Wizard

closes

and

the

Utility

window

for

the

new

module

opens.

10.

In

the

General

tab,

do

the

following:

a.

In

the

Version

field,

type

the

full

version

of

the

utility,

if

applicable.

b.

If

you

want

to

assign

a

password

to

this

module,

type

an

encryption

key

in

the

“Encryption

key

for

the

password”

field.

Note:

A

password

helps

prevent

the

module

from

being

unpacked

by

any

process

other

than

an

ImageUltra

Builder

process.

When

you

assign

an

encryption

key,

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program

assigns

a

password

to

the

module.

Encryption

keys

can

be

up

to

64

characters

long

using

any

combination

of

alpha-numeric

characters.

Symbols

are

not

supported.

c.

In

the

Comments

field,

type

any

comments

you

want

kept

with

the

module.

11.

In

the

Languages

tab,

put

a

check

mark

next

to

each

language

for

which

the

utility

is

intended

to

be

used.

12.

In

the

Source

tab,

do

the

following:

a.

In

the

Source

Directory

field,

type

the

complete

path

to

the

folder

that

contains

the

source

utility

files.

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