Deploying And Managing Preboot Services - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

To remove a ZENworks partition:
1 Boot the device using the ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management imaging CD or DVD.
2 Select the Manual mode option.
3 At the bash prompt, enter:
img zenPart remove
4 After the removal is complete, eject the CD or DVD (if you are not going to use it to re-image
the device).
5 If you want to restore an image before rebooting, enter the following at the bash prompt:
unset ZENDEVICE
Otherwise, reboot the device when ready.
6 Restore an image or install an operating system.
When the device boots, its ZENworks partition is removed, then the device can be imaged from
the CD or DVD without a ZENworks partition.
If the device is assigned to a Preboot Services bundle, it is imaged according to that bundle.
Using a ZENworks Script Bundle
If you are using Preboot Services, but formerly booted from the ZENworks partition on the device,
you can delete the ZENworks partition at the same time you put down an image. However, the new
image should not contain a ZENworks partition.
For example, you can do the following:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, create a ZENworks Script bundle.
2 In the Script text field in the Create New Preboot Bundle wizard, enter:
img zenPart remove
3 In the Script text field (after the above command), enter the other commands necessary for the
imaging work you want for this device.
For more information, see
page 617.
4 On the Summary page of the wizard, click Finish (not Next).
5 Reboot the device.
Using Fdisk
You can remove a ZENworks partition by simply using fdisk to reconfigure the device's hard
drive. Then, you can either image the device using a ZENworks imaging CD or DVD, or enable
PXE on the device and assign a Preboot bundle to it, then reboot it to use that bundle.

29.3 Deploying and Managing Preboot Services

The following sections explain how to set up, deploy, and manage Preboot Services:
Section 29.3.1, "Checking the Preboot Services Imaging Server Setup," on page 357
Section 29.3.2, "Deploying Preboot Services In a Network Environment," on page 358
356 Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management Administration Guide
Appendix E, "ZENworks Imaging Engine Commands," on