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Figure 1-57 Hardware Specific OS modules Note: Ensure that the server on which the ImageUltra Builder repository resides has sufficient space to contain all of the modules. The hardware specific OS modules will be slightly larger than the original legacy images that they were created from since they contain the legacy image. 1.16 Create a base operating system Portable Sysprep Image In summary, the characteristics associated with a Portable-Sysprep Image method using ImageUltra Builder and Symantec DeployCenter are: ► Semi-modular (supports the installation of separate application modules and driver modules to append the base OS image. ► Setup is run once on a source computer ► Sysprep cleans out user information and some hardware-specific information from the registry ► Performs a limited hardware query at the target computer (Windows plug-n-play) ► User information can be predefined The benefits of the ImageUltra Builder and Symantec DeployCenter method are: ► Initial setup at the target computer is typically 10 minutes or less for a base OS image, plus the time it takes to install all application modules ► Portability of applications and device drivers (such as video, audio, network, etc.) ► Supports IBM and non-IBM computers ► Base operating system module can include service packs and large core applications (such as office suites), which speeds installation time 54 ThinkVantage Technologies: Using ImageUltra Builder
There are five main steps to creating a base operating system module based on a portable-sysprep image: 1. Make the IBM Customization Program accessible to the source computer 2. Create the portable-sysprep image on a source computer and create the image files 3. Add the portable-sysprep image to the ImageUltra Builder Repository 4. Setting the module attributes 5. Building the module from the image files 1.16.1 Installing the IBM Customization Program Before you can create a portable-sysprep image, you must first make the IBM Customization Program (IBMCP.EXE) accessible to the source computer. The ImageUltra Builder program enables you to copy the IBM Customization Program on a diskette, shared drive, or any other media to which the ImageUltra console has direct-write access. 1. Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to open the IBMCP folder in your repository. Tip: If you cannot remember the path to your repository, in the ImageUltra Builder Main window, click File and then click Open repository. The repository paths will be listed. You can use any repository. 2. Copy the IBMCP.EXE program to a diskette or to a shared drive that the source computer can access during the development of the image. If you use a diskette, label the diskette ImageUltra IBM Customization Program. 3. Do one of the following: a. Provide an ImageUltra IBM Customization Program diskette to any personnel responsible for creating portable-sysprep images b. Provide the path to the IBMCP.EXE program to any personnel responsible for creating portable-sysprep images. 1.16.2 Create the portable-sysprep image on a source computer Before you begin, make sure you put the IBM Customization Program either on portable media that is compatible with the source computer or a shared drive that the source computer is able to access after the operating system and other programs have been installed. See 1.16.1, “Installing the IBM Customization Program” on page 55” for more information. To create and prepare portable-sysprep image source files, do the following: 1. On a source computer, use MS-DOS to format the hard disk as follows. Note: You must use an MS-DOS diskette for this step. Do not use Windows or PC-DOS to partition or format the hard disk. You can create an MS-DOS diskette from Windows 98, but be sure to also copy the FORMAT.COM and FDISK.EXE programs on the diskette. Insert the MS-DOS diskette into the source computer diskette drive and restart the computer. 2. Run FDISK.EXE and create a FAT32 primary partition. In most cases, you will want to use the entire hard disk except for the service partition. Chapter 1. ImageUltra Builder 55
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