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Base operating-system modules from Hardware-Specific Images and Portable-Sysprep Images are
typically created by and installed through an imaging tool, such as Symantec Norton Ghost, Symantec
DeployCenter, or Microsoft ImageX. Imported ImageUltra-developed base operating-system modules
and base operating-system modules developed from the I386 folder (hereafter called I386 base
operating-system modules) go through a complete Windows installation.
– Add-on operating system modules: These modules include items such as operating-system hot
fixes, service packs, patches, and updates that install through a standard setup process, similar
to applications.
– Partitioning modules: You use these modules to add one or more partitions beyond the C partition,
delete one or more pre-existing partitions, or create a partition that can be used with I386 base
operating-system modules, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating-system modules. You can have
multiple partitioning modules in a base map to accomplish various results. When you use a partitioning
module to create additional partitions with data, the module contains all of the information required to
create the additional partition and all of the data to be placed in the additional partition. These types
of partitioning modules are typically created using an imaging too such as Symantec Norton Ghost,
Symantec DeployCenter, or Microsoft DiskPart. If you just want to add an empty data partition, you
can create a simple batch file and use it as the source file for your partitioning module.
For Hardware-Specific Images and Portable-Sysprep Images, you can set the installation sequence to
add or delete partitions before or after the new C partition is installed. However, to add a partition
after the C partition is installed, you must have created your C partition to leave enough unused disk
space to accommodate the additional partition.
Ultra-Portable Images using imported ImageUltra-developed base operating-system modules are
typically limited to a single-partition installation because they are designed to use all available
disk space. If you need to create one or more additional partitions, you must create a partitioning
module and set the installation sequence so the partitioning module is installed before the base
operating-system module.
Ultra-Portable Images using I386 base operating-system modules or Windows Vista or Windows 7
images created by users must be used with appropriate Primary Partition partitioning module for the
operating system you are installing. The Windows 2000 Primary Partition, Windows XP Pro Primary
Partition, and Windows XP Home Primary Partition modules are prebuilt partitioning modules provided
as part of the ImageUltra Builder program.
The deployment and installation of operating-system modules are controlled by base maps.
• Application modules: Each of these modules contains all of the components associated with a specific
application program.
– If you are building an Ultra-Portable Image or a Portable-Sysprep Image, you can use application
modules. The deployment and installation of the applications modules are controlled by base maps.
– If you are building a Hardware-Specific Image, you cannot use application modules in conjunction with
that image. All applications must be part of the Hardware-Specific Image.
• Device-driver modules: Each of these modules contains all of the components associated with a
specific device driver.
– If you are building an Ultra-Portable Image or a Portable-Sysprep Image, you can use device-driver
modules. The deployment and installation of the device-driver modules are controlled by driver maps.
– If you are building a Hardware-Specific Image, you cannot use device-driver modules in conjunction
with that image. All device drivers must be part of the Hardware-Specific Image.
During the deployment process, you choose which base map and which driver map to deploy. This
enables you to maintain device-driver modules and driver maps independently of the operating-system and
application content defined by base maps.
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