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Chapter 31
Introduction to Altiris® Boot Disk Creator
Altiris® Boot Disk Creator (BDC) creates and configures the boot images used to start
computers in the pre-boot automation environment. These images leverage WinPE,
Linux, and DOS operating systems and include native Deployment Agents to run
assigned tasks.
The Deployment Solution automation tasks include the following:
z Run Script
z Create Disk Image
z Distribute Disk Image
z Scripted OS Install
z Backup Registry
z Restore Registry
Before creating configurations, you must first install the pre-boot operating system files
for the types of pre-boot configurations that you want to create. See Install Pre-boot
Operating System Files on page 288.
After you have installed the pre-boot operating systems see Create Boot Disk on
page 283.
Boot Configuration Creation Process
The New Configuration Wizard is the main process of Boot Disk Creator. This is how
you select the type of pre-boot environment configuration that you want to create, along
with other settings, such as the type of network adapter, network server information,
TCP/IP information, and so on.
After the wizard completes, the Create Boot Disk Wizard automatically appears. This
is the production process of Boot Disk Creator that lets you select the boot disk creation
method to implement the configuration you created. You can create floppy boot disks to
use for DOS configurations since Linux and WinPE system files are too large to fit on a
floppy. Network and automation boot disks can create ISO images, which you can save
to bootable CDs using your own third-party CD-burning software; or you can select a
flash drive from the Bootable drive drop-down list. You can also create a Windows
Installation package to run in a Windows production environment, which installs an
embedded (recommended) or hidden automation partition on the client computer’s hard
drive. See Automation Partitions, Network and Automation Boot Disks on page 283.
If you create an Automation boot disk, the Automation Agent is added to the
configuration so that when you boot client computers, they try to connect to the
Deployment Server. If you select Network boot disk, client computers boot to the
network server you specified in the New Configuration Wizard, displaying only a user’s
prompt. See New Configuration Wizard on page 275.
You can also access Boot Disk Creator from the PXE Configuration Utility, so that you
can create boot menu options using the New Configuration Wizard. You can also create
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