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intend

to

install

an

Ultra-Portable

Image

and

need

to

have

more

than

one

user

partition

on

the

target

computer

hard

disk.

If

you

are

installing

a

multiple-partition

Portable-Sysprep

Image

or

Hardware-Specific

Image,

the

use

of

a

partitioning

module

for

the

creation

of

the

additional

partitions

is

optional

because

the

Symantec

Norton

Ghost

and

Symantec

DeployCenter

tools

enable

you

to

capture

multiple-partition

images

from

a

source

computer.

The

advantage

of

using

a

partitioning

module

to

create

additional

partitions

is

that

you

can

use

your

base

map

to

select

the

appropriate

data

partition

for

the

image

being

installed.

For

example,

if

you

are

installing

an

image

for

an

accounting

department,

you

can

have

a

separate

data

partition

that

contains

data

specifically

for

the

accounting

department.

To

create

a

partitioning

module

that

contains

data,

you

must

use

either

Symantec

Norton

Ghost

or

Symantec

DeployCenter

to

capture

the

partition

from

a

source

computer

and

create

the

installation

script

for

that

partition.

The

installation

script

defines

the

additional

partition

size

and

contents.

Or,

if

you

just

want

to

create

an

empty

data

partition,

you

can

write

a

simple

batch

file

and

use

it

as

the

source

file

for

your

partitioning

module.

In

either

case,

you

use

the

base

map

to

define

which

partitioning

module

to

make

available

for

installation,

the

conditions

under

which

it

is

to

be

installed,

and

module-installation

order.

You

must

install

partitioning

modules

before

Ultra-Portable

base

operating-system

modules.

If

you

are

using

an

I386

base-operating

system

module

or

a

Windows

Vista

operating

system

module

for

your

Ultra-Portable

Image,

you

must

install

optional

partitioning

modules

before

the

required

Primary

Partition

partitioning

module.

Another

use

of

a

partitioning

module

is

to

preserve

one

or

more

preexisting

data

partitions

on

a

target

computer.

The

Image

Ultra

Builder

program

provides

one

such

partitioning

module,

named

ImageUltra

4.0

-

Drive

Prep

-

Delete

C

Partition

Only.

When

this

partitioning

module

is

correctly

implemented

in

a

map,

all

partitions

on

the

target

computer

are

preserved,

except

for

the

C

partition.

The

new

image

is

then

installed

in

the

space

previously

used

by

the

old

C

partition.

Several

other

partitioning

modules

are

also

provided

as

part

of

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program.

See

“Using

a

partitioning

module

in

a

base

map”

on

page

96

for

more

information.

Creating

or

modifying

base

maps

and

driver

maps

To

understand

the

importance

and

use

of

base

maps

and

driver

maps,

you

need

to

have

some

insight

into

the

deployment

and

installation

processes.

If

you

are

performing

a

standard

network

deployment

using

a

service

partition

as

a

staging

area,

the

following

takes

place:

v

The

deployment

process

begins

by

starting

the

target

computer

from

ImageUltra

Builder

Network

Distribution

Media.

During

the

deployment

process,

the

person

at

the

target

computer

is

prompted

to

select

a

base

map

and

a

driver

map

from

the

repository.

The

modules

that

are

defined

in

the

selected

base

map

and

driver

map

are

deployed

from

the

repository

to

the

service

partition

of

the

target

computer.

v

During

the

installation

process,

the

person

at

the

target

computer

is

presented

a

set

ofmenus.

The

menu

selections

define

the

content

of

the

image

that

will

be

installed

on

the

target

computer.

The

menu

items

and

menu

hierarchy

are

defined

by

menu-item

entries

in

the

base

map.

The

physical

appearance

and

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