Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 - Manual (Page 45)

Performing a direct-network installation
A direct-network installation combines deployment and installation into one
seamless operation. Like a standard-network deployment, a direct-network
installation uses either a Network Distribution CD or a Network Distribution Disc (CD
or DVD) to begin the operation and select the desired base map and driver map.
However, the similarities stop there:
1.
As soon as the base map and driver map are selected, the person controlling
the installation is immediately presented the installation menus and defines the
image to be installed. This allows all operator intervention to be performed up
front before any modules are copied.
2. After the menu selections have been made to define the image, a temporary
network-staging folder is created on the network. Only those modules required
to control the installation are unpacked to this folder.
3. All remaining modules that make up the defined image content are unpacked
directly to the target computer C partition. Optionally, if console-side recovery
is desired, and the base-map settings are set correctly, the complete Smart
Image (or only those files required to recreate the image being installed) can be
copied to the service partition.
4. Depending on the type of image being installed, either a complete Windows
setup or a Sysprep mini-setup operation begins.
Note: If you add user information to your base map, any prompts that you
defined take place near the beginning of setup. If you do not add user
information to your base map, prompts for specific user information
occur in the normal progression of the setup process. Not taking
advantage of the user-information feature might necessitate that an
installer be physically present at the target computer longer.
If you are installing an Ultra-Portable Image that uses an I386 base
operating-system module, the partitioning and formatting of the drive is
controlled by the primary partitioning module and the Sysprep module.
The operating-system installation and basic user settings are controlled
by the UNATTEND.TXT module and the ImageUltra Customizations
module prepares the image for installing application modules.
5. Upon the successful completion of the operating-system setup, the setup
process begins for each application program that was deployed as a module.
The installation order is determined by a combination of the following:
v The hooks and slots defined in the Options tab of attributes associated with
the module
v The Install Order tab of the base-map Settings window
Note: For more information about the Install Hook and Install Slot module
attributes and the base-map Settings window, see Chapter 9, “Specifying
the module-installation order,” on page 169 or the ImageUltra Builder
help system.
6. When all applications have been installed, the installation process is complete.
If you specified in the base map that the service partition is to be resized or
deleted, the operation will take place at this time.
Advanced functions
There are two optional, advanced functions that you can use to enhance the image
process: filters and utilities.
Chapter 2. An overview of the image process 31