Linuxrc; G.2.1 Linuxrc - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual

The SLES-based imaging distribution uses
modified
have a ZENworks partition installed, it uses the grub program to boot alternately between the
ZENworks partition and the installed operating system.
Following are the filenames and paths for Windows servers:
Files
Preboot Loader
Linux Kernel Name
Initrd Filename
Following are the filenames and paths for Linux servers:
Files
Preboot Loader
Linux Kernel Name
Initrd Filename
2. The Linux kernel starts running, does some device driver setup, then mounts the
system.
Regardless of which boot loader method is used, the main purpose is to set up the
as a RAM drive, load the Linux kernel into memory, then turn control over to it with an
indication to the Linux kernel of where to find
3. The Linux kernel turns control over to linuxrc, for performing initial hardware detection. When
finished, control is returned to the Linux kernel.
4. The Linux kernel starts a background process (
After control is passed to the linuxrc program, control is never returned to the Linux kernel or
passed on to the init process.
For more information on
Section G.2.1, "linuxrc," on page 242
Section G.2.2, "zenworks.s," on page 243

G.2.1 linuxrc

When control is turned over to linuxrc (the filename in the
processes it performs to get the system ready for the imaging process. Linuxrc is initially configured
from the
linuxrc.config
information for linuxrc can be placed in the
file.
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for booting using PXE or when using a single diskette with the CD. If you
pxelinux
When booting from a CD
isolinux
\boot\i386\loader\linux
\boot\i386\loader\initrd
When booting from a CD
isolinux
/boot/i386/loader/linux
/boot/i386/loader/initrd
and

linuxrc

zenworks.s
file, which is located in the
as the boot loader for imaging CDs, a
isolinux
When booting from PXE
pxelinux
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\share\tftp\boo
t\linux
%ZENWORKS_HOME%\share\tftp\boo
t\initrd
When booting from PXE
pxelinux
/srv/tftp/boot/linux
/srv/tftp/boot/initrd
.
initrd
).
/sbin/init
, review the following sections:
file is
initrd
file system. Additional configuration
initrd
file, but ZENworks does not normally use this
/info
file
initrd
file
initrd
), there are several
init