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94 Preparing the Directory Structure for Deployment in Embedded Linux
Other Supporting Tools and System Files
While DTK provides all the necessary utilities and scripts for deploying Dell
systems, additional applications, utilities, and system files are needed to
create the pre-operating system environment in which this toolkit is used.
Table 7-8 is a matrix of system files and other tools that you need to use DTK
utilities and its sample scripts.
Table 7-8. Supporting Tools and System Files
Additional
Tools
Purpose Source Save in DTK
location
mkfs.* To format hard-drive
partitions.
Any system running a
Linux operating system.
In the path.
fdisk To partition the hard drive. Any system running a
Linux operating system.
In the path.
unzip To unzip files in Linux. Any system running a
Linux operating system.
In the path.
upimg Contains system-specific
Dell utility partition files.
NOTE: In the previous
releases, each Dell system
required a unique upimg file.
Beginning this release,
the upimg file is common
for all Dell systems.
/opt/dell/toolkit/
systems, the Dell
Support website at
support.dell.com, or the
Dell Systems Build and
Update Utility on the
on the Dell Systems
Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD.
/opt/dell
/toolkit/
systems
kernel
image
Used during a Linux
unattended installation.
Available on the first
disk of the Linux CD.
/opt/dell
/toolkit
/systems/linux