Create Pxe Boot Image Files (Pxe) - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Create PXE Boot Image Files (PXE)

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system. However, any files that you add to the global <OS> additional files folders
are written to the boot image before the specific configuration files. If a file in the <OS>
additional files folder has the same name as a file in a specific configuration folder, it
is overwritten.
Example: If a file named 5684_Drivers resides in the DOS additional files folder, and the
same file, 5684_Drivers, exists in a specific configuration folder; when the files are
written to a boot image, the file in the configuration folder overwrites the file in the DOS
additional files folder. This may cause unexpected results. If you edit text files in a
<OS> additional files folder, yet the specific configuration file is the one that is
written to the boot image, the result is not as you expected.
Add files to all configuration
When you install a pre-boot operating system, a new folder is added to the bottom of
the left pane on the main page of the Boot Disk Creator. If you install pre-boot operating
system files and the <OS> additional files folders do not appear, press F5 to refresh
the Boot Disk Creator page. The folders that appear are as follows:
DOS additional files
Linux additional files
WinPE additional files
Boot Disk Creator copies the files from the <OS> additional files folders to all the
corresponding operating system configurations and adds these files to the boot images.
These folders are considered global because they can affect configurations of the same
type.
Example: Using the Windows Copy and Paste command, you can add tracert.exe to the
WinPE additional files folder. Each WinPE configuration you create adds the files in the
WinPE additional files folder to the boot image.
Add files to a specific configuration
If you want to add files to a specific configuration only and do not want to use the global
feature of the <OS> additional files folders, do the following:
1. Right-click a configuration in the left pane and select New > Folder. A new
subfolder is created in the left pane.
2. Enter a name for the folder so that you know they are the added files.
3. To add files to the <OS> additional files folder, do one of the following methods:
Copy the files from a network folder and paste them into the configuration
folder.
Right-click a configuration and select Add File. A browser dialog appears to
navigate to the file you want to add.
Right-click a configuration and select File > Text file. A new empty text file is
added to the left pane. Enter a name for the file and write text as needed in the
left pane.
This option is used for Boot Disk Creator configurations created from within the PXE
Configuration Utility. Because the PXE Servers download the boot image files to client
PXE Configuration Utility
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