Environment
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2.2 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2.1 Monthly Update 2 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2.1 Monthly Update 2 Imaging
Situation
Imaging script uses echo commands to give
messages to the user
The imaging kernel boot splash screen hides the imaging script output
The imaging kernel boot splash screen hides the imaging script output
Resolution
This is fixed in version 11.2.3a - see KB 7011295 "ZENworks
Configuration Management 11.2.3a - update information and list of fixes"
which can be found at https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7011295
Workaround
Option 1: Add the "read -p" command to the imaging script, waiting for user input, disables the splash screen
Option 2: Edit the kernel load line in the z_auto.cfg and remove the splash=silent option. The file is located the in /srv/tftp (Linux) or %zenworks_home%\share\tftp (Windows) folder. This disables the imaging boot splash screen completely.
Option 3: Add the command "read -t 1" to the imaging script if there is no need to wait for user input. This avoids the need to modify any ZCM default files.
Workaround
Option 1: Add the "read -p" command to the imaging script, waiting for user input, disables the splash screen
Option 2: Edit the kernel load line in the z_auto.cfg and remove the splash=silent option. The file is located the in /srv/tftp (Linux) or %zenworks_home%\share\tftp (Windows) folder. This disables the imaging boot splash screen completely.
Option 3: Add the command "read -t 1" to the imaging script if there is no need to wait for user input. This avoids the need to modify any ZCM default files.
Cause
In auto imaging the imaging script gets spawned as a separate
process. This causes commands like echo 0 > /proc/splash
executed from the imaging script to not have an effect on the boot
splash screen.