11.1 Creating Point of Service Images

Before you can deploy Point of Service terminals, you must first create image files that contain the operating system, application files, and system settings required to boot the terminals.

Novell Linux Point of Service provides image templates that can be customized and generated on an Administration Server or a dedicated image building server using the ImageBuilder tool. For information on the available image templates, see Point of Service Images in the Novell Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.

To create the Point of Service images required to deploy your Point of Service terminals, you must do the following:

  1. Copy the image source files to your image building server.

    For detailed instructions, see Copying the Novell Linux Point of Service CDs in the Novell Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.

  2. Define the location of the image source files.

    For detailed instructions, see Generating AdminServer.conf or Distribution.xml in the Novell Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.

  3. Build the Point of Service image files.

    For detailed instructions, see Building Images with scr or Building Images with xscr in the Novell Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.