Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 - Manual (Page 6)

Map windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Map Settings window . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Base Map Appearance Under Windows PE . . . 66
Base-map settings . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Driver-map settings . . . . . . . . . . 71
Menu Item Properties window . . . . . . . . 71
Menu Link Properties window . . . . . . . . 73
Module windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Modifying module attributes and map settings . . 74
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Repository tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Map tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 6. Map construction overview 77
Creating a base-map tree structure. . . . . . . 77
Inserting menu items in a base map . . . . . 77
Inserting modules in a base map . . . . . . 79
Special considerations for I386 base
operating-system modules
. . . . . . . . 82
Using utilities in a base map . . . . . . . 85
Using filters in a base map . . . . . . . . 88
Using links in a base map . . . . . . . . 91
Defining user information in a base map . . . 92
Controlling the network-sync function . . . . 94
Controlling the behavior of the service partition 95
Using a partitioning module in a base map . . . 96
Simple and complex base maps . . . . . . 101
Adding a hidden system menu in a base map 104
Customizing module behavior within a base
map
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Special considerations for the Rescue and
Recovery product .
. . . . . . . . . . 105
Previewing your maps . . . . . . . . . 106
Creating a device-driver map tree structure . . . 106
Inserting menu items in a driver map . . . . 107
Inserting modules in a driver map . . . . . 107
Using filters in a driver map . . . . . . . 108
Using variables (an advanced base-map function) 109
Setting a variable to contain a hard coded value 110
Setting conditions to determine menu items
displayed during the installation process .
. . 111
Referencing text within menu items and
sub-menu item titles .
. . . . . . . . . 112
Setting a variable to prompt the user for a
specific value during the installation process .
. 113
Setting a variable so that a prompted value is
passed as a parameter for a utility or filter
. . 114
Excluding modules from a map . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 7. Creating maps . . . . . . 117
Creating and modifying base maps . . . . . . 117
Creating a new base map . . . . . . . . 117
Creating a new base map based on an existing
base map .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Adding menu items to a base map . . . . . 118
Adding operating-system modules to a base
map
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adding application modules to a base map . . 120
Replacing modules in a base map . . . . . 120
Customizing module behavior within a base
map
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Working with base-map settings and menu-item
properties
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating and modifying driver maps . . . . . 129
Creating a new driver map . . . . . . . . 130
Creating a new driver map based on an existing
driver map .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adding menu items to a driver map . . . . 131
Adding device-driver modules to a driver map 131
Replacing modules in a driver map . . . . . 132
Working with driver-map settings and
menu-item properties.
. . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 8. Preparing source files for
modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Creating source operating-system images . . . . 137
Ultra-Portable Image source files . . . . . . 137
Required third-party tools . . . . . . . . 142
Creating a Portable-Sysprep Image . . . . . 144
Creating a Hardware-Specific Image. . . . . 148
Preparing source files for application modules and
add-on operating-system modules
. . . . . . 151
Preparing for a silent install . . . . . . . 151
Adding mini-applications . . . . . . . . 152
Making files accessible to the ImageUltra
Builder console .
. . . . . . . . . . . 152
After the files are prepared . . . . . . . . 152
Setting the attributes for a new application
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Setting the attributes based on an existing
application module
. . . . . . . . . . 155
Setting the attributes for a new add-on
operating-system module .
. . . . . . . 156
Setting the attributes based on an existing
add-on operating-system module .
. . . . . 158
Preparing source files for a partitioning module 158
Preparing source files for a device-driver module 160
Adding mini-applications . . . . . . . . 160
Requirements for preparing device-driver files
for modules .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting the attributes for a new device-driver
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setting the attributes based on an existing
device-driver module.
. . . . . . . . . 163
Preparing source files for utility modules files . . 163
Setting the attributes for a new utility module 164
Setting the attributes based on an existing utility
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Preparing source files for filter modules files . . . 165
Setting the attributes for a new filter module 166
Setting the attributes based on an existing filter
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Building a new module . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 9. Specifying the
module-installation order . . . . . . 169
The installation-order process . . . . . . . . 170
Add-on operating-system modules, application
modules, and device-driver modules
. . . . 170
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