Hard, Disk, Drive – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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base map
and driver map

Repository

Deployment

Installation

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Smart Image
on service
partition

Final image
on C partition

C partition

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Smart image

on Staging area

(service partition)

Make menu

selections to

define the

image to be

installed

1.

The

person

controlling

the

deployment

starts

the

process

by

booting

the

target

computer

with

ImageUltra

Builder

Deployment

Media

,

and

then

selecting

the

required

maps

from

the

repository.

2.

The

selected

maps

and

all

modules

defined

within

the

maps

are

obtained

from

the

repository

and

copied

over

the

network

to

the

service

partition,

which

acts

as

the

staging

area

for

the

complete

Smart

Image.

Note:

At

this

point,

a

message

is

displayed

stating

that

the

deployment

phase

is

complete.

The

person

controlling

the

deployment

can

either

shut

down

the

computer

at

this

point

and

ship

it

to

another

location,

or

continue

with

the

installation

phase.

3.

The

person

controlling

the

installation

process,

starts

the

installation

phase

by

making

selections

from

the

installation

menus

to

define

the

image

to

be

installed.

4.

The

modules

required

for

the

defined

image

are

unpacked

from

the

service

partition

onto

the

C

partition.

5.

The

setup

process

begins.

When

the

installation

phase

is

over,

the

C

partition

contains

the

new

image

and

the

service

partition

contains

the

Smart

Image,

which

can

be

used

for

client-side

recovery.

Note:

An

optional

cleanup

step

can

be

defined

in

the

base

map

Map

Settings

window

to

minimize

the

size

of

the

service

partition

and

keep

only

those

files

required

for

the

installed

image,

or

eliminate

the

service

partition.

CD,

DVD,

USB

key,

or

USB

hard

disk

drive

distribution

The

following

illustration

shows

the

deployment

process

using

Image

Ultra

Builder

Distribution

Media

and

a

local-installation

process,

which

uses

a

service

partition

as

a

staging

area.

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