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Sending debug data to the technical support team
If you need assistance in debugging a problem, zip the entire \IUTEMP folder in the staging area and the
\IUWORK folder in the user partition. You can use the PKZIP25 or your own ZIP program for the following
task:
Drive letter limitations and the use of variables
The ImageUltra Builder program has a number of predefined global variables that you can use in batch
files or in the Command and Parameter fields in the ImageUltra Builder interface. It is a good idea to
avoid hardcoding drive letters and to use the provided global variables instead because the drive letter
designations can change based on whether or not you perform a direct-network installation.
If you are performing a standard installation (network, CD, USB Key, or USB hard disk drive deployment
and local installation), drive-letter variables are converted to single-digit drive letters. However, if you are
performing a direct-network installation, where a network-staging folder is used, some drive-letter variables
are converted to a path pointing to the network staging folder, which could be very long.
The following are predefined global variables for the staging area:
• %ROOT%: This variable is the root path for all ImageUltra Builder deployment and installation code.
The default value is C:
• %ROOTDRIVE%: This variable is the drive letter of the root path. The default value is C:
• %IUTEMP%: This variable defines the temporary work area. The default value is C:\IUTEMP
• %IUTEMPDRIVE%: This variable is the drive letter of the path for the temporary work area. The default
value is C:
• %NETINSTALL%: If the NETINSTALL variable is defined in any way, the process assumes that it is
running from the network.
• %RAMD%: This variable defines the RAM drive used by the ImageUltra Builder installation process.
The default value is R:
• %SPDRIVE%: This variable defines the drive letter of the service partition. The default value is C:
• %IULOG%: This variable defines the folder where the SNAPSHOT.BAT file moves the %IUTEMP% at the
end of the ImageUltra Builder installation process. The default value is C:\LASTCFG.
• %BOOTDRIVE%: This variable defines either the system drive or the ThinkVantage Technology drive,
depending on whether the operating system is Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
The following are predefined variables for the \IUWORK folder on the user partition:
• %SRCLOC%: This variable defines the location of the IUWORK folder and is available only when the
ImageUltra Builder program is performing installation procedures under Windows control. The default
value is C:\IUWORK.
• %OSTYPE%: This variable is the operating system that is currently installed, and is available only when
the ImageUltra Builder program is performing installation procedures under Windows control.
• %TIMESTAMPLOG%: This variable defines the event log file created by the ImageUltra Builder installation
processes. All major events are time stamped in this file. The default value is STAMP.LOG
Use these predefined global variables for their specified purpose only.
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