Users Guide

Table 3. Supporting Tools and System Files for Linux
Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
mkfs.* Formats hard-drive
partitions.
Any system running the
Linux operating system.
In the PATH variable.
fdisk To create Master Boot
Record (MBR) partitions
in BIOS mode.
Any system running the
Linux operating system.
In the PATH variable.
parted
To create GUID Partition
Table (GPT) in UEFI
mode.
Any system running the
Linux operating system.
In the PATH variable.
unzip To unzip files in Linux. Any system running the
Linux operating system.
In the PATH variable.
upimg Contains system-specific
Dell utility partition files.
NOTE: In the
previous releases,
each Dell system
required a unique
upimg file. The
upimg file is
common for all Dell
systems.
/opt/dell/toolkit/systems,
or the Dell Systems Build
and Update Utility on the
Dell Systems
Management Tools and
Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit/
systems
kernel image Used during a Linux
unattended installation.
Available on the Linux
media.
/opt/dell /toolkit /
systems/linux
initial ramdisk Used during a Linux
unattended installation.
NOTE: For legacy
operating systems,
you may need to use
the driver disk. At the
end of the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Server installation,
you may need to
install the drivers
available on the
Systems Build and
Update Utility.
Available on the Linux
operating system media
or on the Systems Build
and Update Utility on the
Dell Systems
Management Tools and
Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit /
systems
Deploying operating systems
After the system hardware is versioned and configured, an operating system can be installed using
unattended setup files, samples of which are provided as part of DTK. The sample configuration files are
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