Users Guide

228 Deploying Your Operating System Using VM-CLI
Network Requirements
A network share must contain the following components:
• Operating system files
• Required drivers
• Operating system boot image file(s)
The image file must be a floppy image or CD/DVD ISO image with an
industry-standard, bootable format.
Creating a Bootable Image File
Before you deploy your image file to the remote systems, ensure that a
supported system can boot from the file. To test the image file, transfer the
image file to a test system using the DRAC 5 Web user interface and then
reboot the system.
The following sections provide specific information for creating image files
for Linux and Windows systems.
Creating an Image File for Linux Systems
Use the Data Duplicator utility to create a bootable image file for your Linux
system.
To run the utility, open a command prompt and type the following:
dd if=<input-device> of=<output-file>
For example:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=myfloppy.img
Creating an Image File for Windows Systems
When choosing a data replicator utility for Windows image files, select a
utility that copies the image file and the CD/DVD boot sectors.