61.1 Using a CD or DVD for Disconnected Imaging Operations

Using Desktop Management, you can use CDs and DVDs only as the storage medium for an image to be put down, not for an image to be created.

You can put down an image from a bootable or non-bootable Imaging CD or DVD using either the bash prompt or using the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu.

61.1.1 Using the Bash Prompt to Put Down an Image

  1. Use your CD- or DVD-burning software to burn the source image onto a CD or DVD.

  2. Boot the workstation using one of the following methods:

  3. Enter manual from the boot prompt.

  4. Insert the CD or DVD that contains the source image.

  5. At the Linux prompt, enter cdrom.s to mount the CD or DVD.

    This mounts the CD or DVD to /mnt/cdrom.

  6. Enter a command of the following format:

    img restorel /mnt/cdrom/path/image.zmg
    

    where path and image are the path and filename of the image relative to the root of the CD or DVD.

  7. After the imaging is done, remove the imaging device (if applicable) and do the following to boot the workstation with the new image:

    1. At the Linux prompt, type grub.s, then press Enter.

    2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

      If the workstation doesn’t boot to the new operating system (that is, if the Linux prompt is displayed), enter the grub.s command again and reboot the workstation a second time.

61.1.2 Using the ZENworks Imaging Engine Menu to Put Down an Image

  1. Use your CD- or DVD-burning software to burn the source image onto a CD or DVD.

  2. Boot the workstation using one of the following methods:

  3. Enter manual from the boot prompt.

  4. Insert the CD or DVD that contains the source image.

  5. At the Linux prompt, enter cdrom.s to mount the CD or DVD.

    This mounts the CD or DVD to /mnt/cdrom.

  6. Enter img to display the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu.

  7. Click Imaging, then click Restore Image.

  8. Click Local, then click Next.

  9. Browse to and specify the path to the image archive.

  10. (Optional) Specify a file set.

  11. (Optional) Specify any advanced options, such as sfileset or apartition:ppartition.

    For details on this and other related img command parameters, see Section 64.0, ZENworks Imaging Engine Commands.

  12. Click Next.

    Depending on the size of the image, it might take several minutes to put the image down. Images actually take slightly longer to put down than they do to take. If the screen goes blank, just press any key. (Linux enters a screen-saving mode after a few minutes.)

  13. After the imaging is done, remove the imaging device (if applicable) and do the following to boot the workstation with the new image:

    1. At the Linux prompt, type grub.s, then press Enter.

    2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

      If the workstation doesn’t boot to the new operating system (that is, if the Linux prompt is displayed), enter the grub.s command again and reboot the workstation a second time.