If you have software for burning CDs or DVDs, you can create an imaging boot CD or DVD for imaging operations. You have two options:
For information on how to use the CD or DVD to perform disconnected imaging operations, see Setting Up Disconnected Imaging Operations.
This section describes how to create an imaging CD or DVD that contains more than the files provided in the bootcd.iso image.
This method allows you to include the settings.txt file on the boot CD or DVD to provide the required imaging parameters. For more information on the settings.txt file, see Section 63.5, Imaging Configuration Parameters (Settings.txt).
This method also allows you to add other files and drivers that you need to do the imaging.
To create an imaging boot CD or DVD that includes settings.txt and other files:
Copy the bootcd.iso file to a temporary location.
The bootcd.iso file is located in the\public\zenworks\imaging directory in your Desktop Management installation (on the ZENworks Imaging server).
In an ISO editor, open the temporary copy of the bootcd.iso file.
If you experience ISO corruption after adding files into the ISO, such as a checksum error, switch to a more reliable ISO editor. Also, some ISO editors do not work very well with DVDs.
Using the temporary bootcd.iso file, copy the settings.txt file to the root of the bootcd.iso image.
The settings.txt file is located in the \public\zenworks\imaging directory in your Desktop Management installation (on the ZENworks Imaging server).
Copy any other files or drivers that you want included on the CD or DVD to the /addfiles directory in the temporary bootcd.iso image.
Any files or subdirectories that you add under the /addfiles directory are placed at the root of the client when booting the CD or DVD.
IMPORTANT:When booting from the CD or DVD, the imaging engine is read into RAM. Because the imaging engine uses some of the RAM that exists on the client device, the combined size of any files that you add under the /addfiles directory cannot exceed amount of remaining RAM.
Save the updated bootcd.iso image file to its temporary location.
Use your software for burning CDs or DVDs to burn the updated bootcd.iso image onto the CD or DVD.
Boot the device to be imaged from your newly created imaging boot CD or DVD.
Booting from a SCSI CD-ROM device is currently not supported.
If you do not want to include the settings.txt file or any other files or drivers in the imaging boot CD or DVD, you can simply create the imaging boot CD or DVD from the bootcd.iso image provided with ZENworks.
However, you will need to provide the settings.txt file on a floppy diskette to provide the required imaging parameters. For more information on the settings.txt file, see Section 63.5, Imaging Configuration Parameters (Settings.txt).
To create an imaging boot CD or DVD that contains only the bootcd.iso image:
Copy the settings.txt file containing the settings you want for the imaging boot process onto a floppy diskette.
This file is located in the \public\zenworks\imaging directory in your Desktop Management installation (on the ZENworks Imaging server).
Use your software for burning CDs or DVDs to burn the bootcd.iso image onto the CD or DVD.
The bootcd.iso file is located in the \public\zenworks\imaging directory in your Desktop Management installation (on the ZENworks Imaging server).
Boot the device to be imaged from your newly created imaging boot CD or DVD.
You will be prompted for the diskette that contains the settings.txt file.
Booting from a SCSI CD-ROM device is currently not supported.