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module

into

an

operating-system

container

module.

This

approach

enables

you

to

insert

a

single

container

module

in

your

map

instead

of

having

to

insert

individual

modules.

In

most

cases

the

container

is

both

operating-system

unique

and

language

unique,

so

the

container

is

typically

inserted

under

the

menu

entry

used

to

select

the

language

for

the

operating

system.

Compatibility

with

imported

ImageUltra-developed

application

modules

The

ImageUltra

Customizations

module

provided

as

part

of

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program

is

different

from

similarly

named

modules

that

can

be

imported

from

source

Lenovo

branded

computers

in

that

it

does

not

contain

the

Sysprep

function.

Some

imported

ImageUltra-developed

application

modules

might

have

a

dependency

on

the

Sysprep

function

and

might

not

install

correctly

when

used

in

images

containing

an

I386

base

operating-system

module

and

the

ImageUltra

Customizations

module.

If

an

imported

ImageUltra-developed

application

module

does

not

install

correctly,

recreate

the

application

module

using

the

ImageUltra

Builder

program.

Using

utilities

in

a

base

map

The

use

of

utilities

is

optional.

Utilities

are

Win32

applications

that

run

before

any

part

of

an

image

is

installed

on

a

target

computer.

For

example,

you

might

want

to

run

CHKDSK

to

determine

the

current

condition

of

a

target

computer

hard

disk

or

PC-Doctor

to

determine

the

overall

condition

of

a

target

computer

before

installing

the

actual

image.

One

important

difference

between

a

utility

and

an

application

module

is

that

a

utility

resides

in

the

service

partition

only

and

never

gets

installed

on

any

other

active

partition.

You

can

assign

utilities

to

run

in

any

of

the

following

ways:

v

Associate

the

utility

with

the

map

and

have

it

run

automatically

at

the

beginning

of

the

installation

procedure,

before

any

installation

menus

are

displayed.

v

Associate

a

utility

with

a

menu

item

and

have

it

run

as

soon

as

the

menu

item

is

selected.

v

Associate

a

utility

with

a

menu

item

and

have

it

placed

in

a

queue

to

run

immediately

after

all

of

the

installation

menus

have

been

completed,

but

before

any

modules

get

installed.

v

Associate

the

utility

with

the

map

and

have

it

run

automatically

after

all

of

the

installation

menus

have

been

completed,

but

before

any

modules

get

installed.

Assigning

utilities

to

base-map

menu

items

Utilities

are

assigned

to

menu

items

in

the

tree

structure

of

a

base

map.

Each

menu

item

can

have

a

maximum

of

one

utility

associated

with

it.

There

are

two

approaches

to

assigning

utilities

to

menu

items:

v

Approach

A

:

Assign

utilities

to

menu

items

that

already

contain

modules.

In

this

approach,

the

utility

is

automatically

selected

when

the

installer

selects

the

existing

menu

item.

It

is

transparent

to

the

installer

that

a

utility

is

being

selected.

The

following

is

a

sample

tree

structure

with

utilities

associated

with

the

“Windows

XP

Professional”

and

“Windows

2000”

menu

items.

If

you

compare

this

tree

structure

to

the

sample

tree

structure

used

earlier,

you

will

notice

that

the

tree

structure

itself

does

not

change,

but

the

icon

associated

with

the

menu

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6.

Map

construction

overview

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