Making, Allowances, Modules – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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After

specifying

attributes

for

the

device-driver

module,

click

the

Save

icon

located

in

the

Main

window

toolbar.

Then,

build

the

module.

Condition:

Preparing

a

device-driver

module

that

installs

using

an

.INF

file,

but

also

has

an

application

executable

packaged

with

it.

Solution:

Some

applications

are

hardware

dependent.

These

applications

are

sometimes

designed

to

contain

both

device-driver

and

application

files.

For

example,

you

might

have

source

files

that

contain

a

wireless

device

driver

intended

for

a

wireless

network

card

and

a

configuration

utility

intended

to

work

in

conjunction

with

the

network

card.

In

this

case,

if

you

make

an

INF-only

device-driver

module

from

the

application

source

files,

the

application

might

fail

to

install

correctly.

Conversely,

if

you

make

an

application

module

from

the

application

source

files,

the

device

driver

might

fail

to

install

correctly.

Although

there

are

several

ways

to

address

this

exception,

the

easiest

and

most

successful

solution

is

to

make

a

device-driver

module

that

is

both

an

INF

installable

and

an

executable.

This

method

is

optional

and

cannot

be

used

for

Hardware-Specific

Images.

The

process

for

creating

this

type

of

device-driver

module

is

similar

to

creating

a

standard

device-driver

module.

However,

there

are

slight

differences

when

you

specify

the

attributes.

After

you

have

your

source

files

prepared,

use

the

New

Module

Wizard

to

create

a

new

device-driver

module

as

you

would

a

standard

device-driver

module,

but

allow

for

the

following

exceptions

when

you

fill

in

the

attributes:

v

In

the

Options

tab

,

check

the

INF

installable

check

box.

v

In

the

Source

tab

,

complete

the

Silent

Install

Command

field

with

the

command

used

to

install

the

application.

After

specifying

attributes

for

the

device-driver

module,

click

the

Save

icon

located

in

the

Main

window

toolbar.

Then,

build

the

module.

After

building

the

module,

insert

the

module

into

the

appropriate

driver

map.

When

the

module

is

installed

with

the

image,

the

.INF

files

are

copied

first

into

the

Windows

driver

directory,

and

then

the

silent

install

command

is

executed

during

the

Windows

audit

boot.

Making

allowances

for

modules

that

require

a

reboot

Occasionally,

you

might

encounter

a

condition

where

an

application,

add-on

operating-system

component,

or

device

driver

must

trigger

a

reboot

cycle

to

complete

its

installation.

The

ImageUltra

Builder

program

provides

a

Reboot

after

install

check

box

on

the

Options

tab

of

the

module

window.

When

the

Reboot

after

install

check

box

is

marked,

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program

does

the

following

during

the

installation

phase:

1.

Records

the

state

of

the

overall

installation

process

2.

Initiates

a

reboot

cycle

at

the

end

of

the

module

installation

After

the

reboot

cycle,

the

overall

installation

process

continues

where

it

left

off.

To

instruct

a

module

to

reboot

after

install,

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

appropriate

repository.

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ImageUltra

Builder

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Guide

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