Defining service-partition behavior, Defining, Service-partition – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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v

Network

deployment

with

local

installation:

This

method

uses

the

service

partition

as

a

staging

area

for

the

complete

Smart

Image.

You

can

also

elect

not

to

predefine

an

installation

method

and

instead,

prompt

the

person

at

the

target

computer

to

select

an

installation

method

at

the

time

of

deployment.

For

more

information

on

Map

Settings,

see

“Specifying

base-map

settings”

on

page

120

or

the

ImageUltra

Builder

help

system

for

details.

Defining

service-partition

behavior

As

you

create

your

base

map,

the

New

Map

Wizard

enables

you

to

define

how

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program

uses

the

service

partition

on

the

target

computer

after

an

image

has

been

installed.

You

have

three

options:

v

Delete

none:

For

a

standard

installation

(network-deployment

with

local

installation

or

installation

from

CD),

the

service-partition

size

and

contents

remain

the

same

as

when

the

Smart

Image

was

deployed.

For

a

direct-network

installation,

based

on

the

map

settings,

a

service

partition

is

created

if

one

does

not

already

exist.

If

a

service

partition

does

already

exist,

it

is

resized

if

necessary,

and

the

files

in

the

service

partition

are

replaced

with

ImageUltra

maps

and

modules.

The

end

result

for

either

type

of

installation

is

that

the

service

partition

contains

the

complete

Smart

Image.

v

Delete

some:

For

a

standard

installation

(network-deployment

with

local

installation

or

installation

from

CD),

all

modules

not

used

for

this

specific

computer

image

are

deleted.

The

service

partition

is

resized

to

accommodate

only

those

modules

that

remain.

The

C

partition

is

resized

to

include

any

free

space

that

was

created

when

the

service

partition

was

resized.

For

a

direct-network

installation,

a

service

partition

is

created

if

one

does

not

already

exist.

If

a

service

partition

already

exists,

it

is

resized

if

necessary,

and

any

preexisting

maps

and

modules

in

the

service

partition

are

replaced

with

the

ImageUltra

maps

and

modules

required

to

recreate

the

installed

image;

preexisting

utility

files

are

not

affected.

The

end

result

for

either

type

of

installation

is

that

the

service

partition

contains

only

those

files

required

to

recreate

the

image,

and

the

service

partition

will

not

be

any

larger

than

absolutely

necessary

to

house

those

files.

However,

the

installation

time

is

typically

longer

because

of

the

time

required

to

resize

partitions

and

move

data.

v

Delete

all:

For

a

standard

installation

(network

deployment

with

local

installation),

the

service

partition,

which

was

used

as

a

staging

area

for

deployment,

is

deleted.

The

C

partition

is

resized

to

recover

any

free

space

that

was

created

when

the

service

partition

was

deleted.

The

end

result

is

no

console-side

recovery

at

the

target

computer.

For

a

direct-network

installation,

the

behavior

depends

on

whether

or

not

a

service

partition

existed

on

the

target

computer

before

the

direct-network

installation

was

initiated.

If

a

service

partition

already

existed

on

the

target

computer

before

the

direct-network

installation

took

place,

the

service

partition

is

deleted

and

the

C

partition

is

resized

to

recover

any

free

space

that

was

created

when

the

service

partition

was

deleted.

If

a

service

partition

did

not

exist

before

the

installation,

none

was

created,

and

no

action

is

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