Imaging Utilities And Components; Starting Image Explorer; Determining The Image Explorer Version; Image Explorer Versus Linux Konquerer - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

Imaging Utilities and Components

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The following sections provide reference information on Novell
imaging utilities, commands, and configuration settings.
Section 31.1, "Starting Image Explorer," on page 467
Section 31.2, "Determining the Image Explorer Version," on page 467
Section 31.3, "Image Explorer versus Linux Konquerer," on page 467
Section 31.4, "Opening an Image," on page 468
Section 31.5, "Saving Image Changes and Exiting the Utility," on page 468
Section 31.6, "Managing Image Properties," on page 468
Section 31.7, "Image File Operations," on page 469
Section 31.8, "Modifying Image Content," on page 475
Section 31.9, "Creating a New Image File," on page 476

31.1 Starting Image Explorer

There are no command line parameters for the Image Explorer utility.
1 To start Image Explorer, run the following file:
/opt/novell/zenworks/preboot/bin/zmgexp

31.2 Determining the Image Explorer Version

To determine which version of Image Explorer you are using:
1 Click Help > About.

31.3 Image Explorer versus Linux Konquerer

Although ZENworks Imaging Explorer looks and functions like Linux Konquerer in most situations,
some functionality differences exist between the two programs. The following describes the key
differences between ZENworks Image Explorer and Linux Konquerer:
Replacing Files in an Image: During the life cycle of an image, files might be deleted or
updated through Image Explorer. When you replace an existing file in an image by using Image
Explorer, the original file is not deleted from the image. Image Explorer purges only deleted
files; it does not purge files that have been updated.
When files are added to an image where the file already exists, Image Explorer appends the
entry to the end of the image. When images are restored, all files that have been previously
updated are sequentially restored.
To avoid performance problems, you should manually delete and purge each instance of a
duplicate file in order to have the duplicates purged from the image. In Linux Konquerer,
replaced files are automatically deleted.
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