Customizing the preboot environment, Changing the main gui fonts, Customizing – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual

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Example

1:

Adding

device

drivers

(such

as

ethernet)

to

the

Predesktop

Area

The

following

example

provides

instruction

on

adding

device

drivers

to

the

Predesktop

Area

1.

Obtain

device

drivers

from

the

vendor’s

Web

site

or

other

media.

2.

Create

the

following

directory

structures:

C:\TEMP\MININT\INF

C:\TEMP\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

3.

Copy

all

network

driver

*.inf

files

to

the

\MININT\INF

directory.

(For

example,

E100B325.inf

needs

to

be

in

the

\MININT\INF

directory.)

4.

Copy

all

*.sys

files

to

the

\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

directory.

(For

example,

E100B325.sys

needs

to

be

in

\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

directory.)

5.

Copy

any

related

*.dll,

*.exe,

or

other

files

to

the

\MININT\SYSTEM32\

DRIVERS

directory.

(For

example,

the

E100B325.din

or

INTELNIC.dll

files

must

be

in

the

\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

directory.)

Notes:

a.

Catalog

files

are

unnecessary,

as

they

are

not

processed

by

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment.

The

preceding

instructions

apply

to

any

device

driver

that

might

be

required

to

configure

the

computer.

b.

With

the

limitation

of

Windows

PE,

you

might

have

to

manually

apply

some

configuration

applications

or

settings

as

registry

updates.

6.

To

put

the

device

drivers

into

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment,

enter

the

following

from

a

command

line:

C:\

RRUTIL.EXE

-p

C:\temp

Example

2

:

Adding

mass-storage

controller

drivers

(such

as

SATA)

to

the

Predesktop

Area

1.

Create

a

subdirectory

under

\minint\system32\

to

contain

the

driver.

2.

Copy

*.sys

into

\minint\systme32\drivers.

3.

Update

\minint\system32\winpeoem.sif

to

include

the

subdirectory

containing

the

driver

(for

an

example,

examine

this

file

from

4.1

build

37).

4.

Ensure

the

iastor

file

and

folder

are

in

the

subdirectory

you

created..

5.

Make

sure

the

subdirectory

you

created

containing

the

iastor

driver

has

a

valid

txtsetup.oem

file.

Customizing

the

Preboot

environment

By

editing

the

configuration

file

pdaguixx.ini

(where

xx

is

the

language

designation),

you

can

customize

the

following

elements

of

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment:

v

Changing

the

main

GUI

fonts

v

Changing

the

environment

background

v

Entries

and

functions

in

the

left

panel

of

the

user

interface

v

The

HTML-based

help

system

for

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment

Note:

To

obtain,

edit,

and

replace

the

pdaguien.ini

file,

see

“Example:

pdaguixx.ini”

on

page

30.

Changing

the

main

GUI

fonts

You

can

change

the

font

of

the

main

graphical

user

interface

(GUI).

The

default

settings

might

not

display

all

characters

correctly,

depending

on

the

language

and

characters

required.

In

pdaguixx.ini

(where

xx

is

the

language

designation)

the

Chapter

3.

Rescue

and

Recovery

customization

31

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