Using Preboot Services with Imaging

When a workstation with Preboot Services (PXE) is booted, it searches the network for PXE. Once it locates the server where PXE is installed, it uses a DHCP request to query the server and determine whether there is any imaging work to do. If ZENworks determines that there is imaging work to do, it then downloads the following files to boot the workstation to Linux and performs the imaging operations: LINUX.1, LINUX.2, and LOADLIN.EXE. These files aren't downloaded if ZENworks determines that there is no work to be done.

PXE is an industry-standard protocol that allows a workstation to boot up and execute a program from the network before the workstation operating system starts. For more information, see "Preboot Services" at the following Web site:

http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/