ZEN partition boot menu shows up every time the workstation is rebooted.

  • Document ID:7001740
  • Creation Date:27-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
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management on Linux Support Pack 1 - ZDML7 SP1 Imaging

Situation

Installing the ZENworks Imaging partition brings up the imaging every time on reboot.
 
After installing the ZEN Imaging partition the user has to manually select from the imaging menu.
 
Infinite reboot loop after installing ZEN partition. It never goes to the active partition that holds the operating system.

Resolution

Fixed in ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Service Pack 1 Interim Release 4, see KB 3484245 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Workaround:
 
The following steps tell how to do this.
 
  1. Open initrd file following the instructions at:
    Modifying imaging resource files
  2. Edit file util.s contained in initrd at location bin/util.s
  3. Search for the line: echo "gfxmenu (hd0,$ZENPARTGRUB)/boot/i386/loader/message">> $destFile
  4. Add the following line above it:  echo "hiddenmenu">> $destFile
  5. Repackage the initrd following instructions at:
    Modifying imaging resource files
  6. Place the modified initrd file in the bootcd.iso