How to manually add newid parameter to the ZENworks imaging partition

  • Document ID:7001616
  • Creation Date:10-Oct-2008
  • Modified Date:30-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Desktop Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1 Imaging

Situation

How to manually add newid parameter to the ZENworks imaging partition.
 
ZEN imaging will not automatically load the NIC driver when using ZENworks Imaging partition.

Resolution

  1. Boot up the workstation that has the ZENworks Imaging partition.
  2. During boot hold down the 'shift' key.
  3. Select "Maintenance" option from the imaging menu.
  4. At the bash prompt the ZEN partition will need to be mounted, do the following command:

    mount -t ext2 /dev/<zenpartition1> /mnt/harddisk

    e.g. mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/harddisk

  5. Go to /mnt/harddisk/boot/i386/loader directory.
  7. When step 7 of the above mentioned steps is reached instead of adding a file, modify the linuxrc.config file. This is found at the root of the initrd file.
  8. To modify the linuxrc.config file do the following:

    joe linuxrc.config

  9. Add the newid parameter that is need in the file.
  10. Save the new modified file using ctr-k-x .
  11. Continue with step 8 found in the documentation.
  12. Now the workstation can be rebooted and the network card should load automatically.