Environment
Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management - ZfD6.5
Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Support Pack 2 - ZfD6.5 SP2
Situation
ATA_PIIX module has to be loaded manually in order to image workstation.
Unable to image a workstation with Serial ATA drive.
Resolution
Sample of each of the settings.txt files pre ZDM 6.5 and post ZDM 6.5
ZDM 6.5 SP1 or Earlier | ZDM 6.5 SP2 or Later |
# ZENworks
Imaging settings.txt #PROMPT should
be set to YES if you want to configure various parameters #PARTITIONSIZE
should be set to the linux partition size in MB, to be #IPADDR should
be set to the desired ip address of the machine. #GATEWAY is
the router address for this machine. #NETMASK is
this machine's subnet mask. #DNSDOMAINSUFFIX domain
suffix list. #DNSNAMESERVER
is a list of name servers to search for dns lookups. #PROXYADDR is
the address of the server running ZENworks Image Server #uncomment if
you want to reboot manually. #/bin/setleds -D +num < /dev/tty1 | # ZENworks
Imaging Settings
# MANUALREBOOT
should be set to YES if you want to reboot manually. #
PARTITIONSIZE is the size (in megabytes) of the ZENworks Imaging
partition #Use this
setting in a DHCP environment. #Use the
following 4 settings in a static IP address environment.
#PROXYADDR is
the IP address or DNS name of the ZENworks Imaging Server. #The following
line will turn on NUMLOCK. #The following
line will configure the string used by the bash shell #Use IMGCMD to
alter the behavior of automated imaging. If this variable is
defined #netdevice can
be used to select a specific network adapter if hwinfo
--pci | grep -i "Device: pci 0x2653" ; then |
The following command in the new setttings.txt file loads the Serial ATA support:
if hwinfo
--pci | grep -i "Device: pci 0x2653" ; then
modprobe ata_piix
fi
To setup a static IP use the following section in the new settings.txt file. Delete the pound signs in front of netsetup, HostIP, netmask, gateway.
#Use the
following 4 settings in a static IP address environment.
#netsetup=1
#HostIP=0.0.0.0
#netmask=255.255.255.0
#gateway=0.0.0.0
Additional Information
Formerly known as TID# 10099713