Using The Zenworks Imaging Media Creator - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

2 Use your software for burning CDs or DVDs to burn the
DVD.
The
bootcd.iso
the imaging server where ZENworks Linux Management is installed
3 Boot the device to be imaged from your newly created imaging boot CD or DVD.
You will be prompted for the diskette that contains the
Booting from a SCSI CD-ROM device is currently not supported.

29.2.3 Using the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator

This utility allows you to do the following:
"Managing the Settings.txt File" on page 356
"Creating a Bootable Diskette" on page 359
"Creating a Preboot Bootable Image" on page 361
IMPORTANT: This utility is a .NET application, and therefore requires the .NET framework to be
installed on the Windows device being used to run it.
Managing the Settings.txt File
There two
/srv/tftp/boot/settings.txt: PXE devices use this version of the file for automated preboot
work. This file exists on the imaging server and usually does not need to be modified. During
the boot process, this
discovered and used.
/opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils/settings.txt: The imaging server copy of this file needs to
be modified for your network environment and a working copy of it should be maintained at
the root of the imaging boot device (imaging CD or DVD, or a blank floppy diskette). When
burning the imaging CD or DVD, be sure to include the edited copy of this
You can manage the content of this copy of the
Imaging Media Creator utility, as outlined in the following steps.
To manually edit the
(settings.txt)," on page
For more information, see
page 618.
To manage the
1 On a Windows device, browse to the
your Linux imaging server and run
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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file is located in the
files shipped with ZENworks Linux Management:
settings.txt
settings.txt
settings.txt
618.
Section D.5, "Imaging Configuration Parameters (settings.txt)," on
file using the ZENworks Imaging Media Creator utility:
settings.txt
bootcd.iso
/opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils
settings.txt
file is read and the necessary settings information is
settings.txt
file, see Section D.5, "Imaging Configuration Parameters
opt/novell/zenworks/zdm/winutils
.
zmediacreator.exe
image onto the CD or
directory on
file.
settings.txt
file with the ZENworks
directory on
file.