Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 351

5 (Required) In the Imaging Proxy Server Address section on the CD Media Boot page, specify
either the fixed IP address or the full DNS name of Preboot server (where novell-pbserv is
running).
This specifies which Preboot server to connect to when you boot a device with the bootable
diskette.
Use a DNS name only if it is working on your network and the imaging server has an entry in
your DNS server's name resolution table.
6 Click Save, browse for where you want to save the settings.txt file, then click Save.
Saves the configurations made in the Settings.txt Options section to the settings.txt file
in the specified location. The default location is A:\, such as for a bootable diskette (see
"Creating a Bootable Diskette" on page
You can save to a different location for use in burning to an imaging CD or DVD.
7 When you are finished using this utility, click Close.
IMPORTANT: If you manually edit the settings.txt file to provide paths to executables,
make sure that you provide the full path, or the executable might not run.
Creating a Bootable Diskette
If you have devices that cannot normally boot a CD or DVD, but has the CD or DVD hardware
installed, you can use the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator utility to create a diskette that enables
the device to boot from a CD or DVD.
To create a bootable diskette:
1 On a Windows device, browse to the opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils directory
on your Linux imaging server and run zmediacreator.exe.
You might need to configure Samba on the Linux server in order for the Windows device to
have access to this directory.
The following dialog box is displayed:
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