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behavior

of

the

menus

are

controlled

by

the

properties

assigned

to

the

various

menu

items.

Based

on

the

menu

selections,

the

appropriate

modules

are

obtained

from

the

service

partition

and

unpacked

on

the

C

partition.

Then,

the

setup

process

begins.

Note:

Distribution

Media

refers

to

CDs,

DVDs,

USB

keys,

and

USB

hard

disk

drives.

If

you

are

performing

a

direct-network

installation,

the

deployment

and

installation

are

combined

into

a

single

operation

as

follows:

v

The

direct-network

installation

begins

by

starting

the

target

computer

from

ImageUltra

Builder

Network

Distribution

Media.

v

The

person

at

the

target

computer

is

prompted

to

select

a

base

map

and

a

driver

map

from

the

repository.

v

When

the

appropriate

maps

are

selected,

a

network-staging

folder

is

created

on

the

network

for

the

target

computer.

v

Only

those

modules

that

are

required

to

control

the

installation

are

copied

to

the

network-staging

folder

and

unpacked.

v

The

person

at

the

target

computer

is

then

presented

with

a

set

of

menus.

The

menu

selections

define

the

content

of

the

image

that

will

be

installed

on

the

target

computer.

The

menu

items

and

menu

hierarchy

are

defined

by

menu-item

entries

in

the

base

map.

The

physical

appearance

and

behavior

of

the

menus

are

controlled

by

the

properties

assigned

to

the

various

menu

items.

v

Based

on

the

menu

selections,

the

appropriate

modules

are

copied

directly

from

the

repository

to

the

C

partition

and

unpacked.

(Optionally,

for

console-side

recovery

purposes,

the

entire

Smart

Image

or

the

just

the

modules

required

for

the

image

being

installed

can

also

be

copied

to

the

service

partition).

v

Then,

the

setup

process

begins

using

the

unpacked

modules

on

the

C

partition.

If

you

are

performing

an

installation

from

an

ImageUltra

Builder

Distribution

Media,

the

following

takes

place:

v

The

deployment

process

begins

by

starting

the

target

computer

from

the

ImageUltra

Builder

Distribution

Media.

During

the

deployment

process,

the

modules

that

are

defined

in

the

base

map

and

driver

map

on

the

distribution

media

are

automatically

deployed

from

the

distribution

media

to

the

service

partition

of

the

target

computer.

Note:

The

service

partition

is

always

used

as

the

staging

area

when

doing

an

installation

from

an

ImageUltra

Builder

Distribution

Media.

v

During

the

installation

process,

the

person

at

the

target

computer

is

presented

with

a

set

of

menus.

The

menu

selections

define

the

content

of

the

image

that

will

be

installed

on

the

target

computer.

The

menu

items

and

menu

hierarchy

are

defined

by

menu-item

entries

in

the

base

map.

The

physical

appearance

and

behavior

of

the

menus

are

controlled

by

the

properties

assigned

to

the

various

menu

items.

Based

on

the

menu

selections,

the

appropriate

modules

are

copied

from

the

service

partition

to

the

C

partition

and

unpacked.

Then,

the

setup

process

begins.

There

are

three

major

parts

to

every

map:

v

The

tree

structure:

A

map

tree

structure

is

very

similar

to

the

tree

structure

found

in

Windows

Explorer;

however,

instead

of

containing

files

and

folders,

a

map

tree

structure

contains

menu

items

and

modules,

and

possibly

containers.

Chapter

2.

An

overview

of

the

image

process

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