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Changing the video resolution, Startup applications

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The following table provides the entry and description for IP configurations: Table 20. Static IP address entries Entry Description Gateway Specifies the IP address of an IP router. Configuring a default gateway creates a default route in the IP routing table. Syntax: Gateway = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IPConfig Specifies the IP address that Windows PE uses to connect to a network. Syntax: IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No SubnetMask Specifies a 32-bit value that enables the recipient of IP packets to distinguish the network ID and host ID portions of the IP address. Syntax: SubnetMask = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Changing the video resolution You can change the video resolution by changing the default Predesktop Area resolution settings of 800 × 600 × 16-bit. To change the settings, complete the following procedures: 1. Get the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 2. Open the file for editing. 3. Add the following entries: [ComputerSettings] DisplayResolution=800x600x16 or 1024x768x16 When the Rescue and Recovery environment starts, you see an additional window during startup that is titled ″Factory preinstallation″. The colors are reduced from thousands to 256. 4. Put back the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Startup applications The Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment has the ability to support a startup scripts, programs, or customized programs. These scripts or programs will be processed before the Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment reaches the main PE interface page. The directory to place the scripts or programs is \Preboot\Startup. Scripts or programs in this directory are processed alphanumerically. For example, a script called a.bat would be processed before 1.exe. To place a script or program in this directory, complete the following steps: 1. Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 2. Create a Temp directory. 3. In the \Temp directory create the following directory tree: \preboot\startup. Chapter 3. Configurations 47

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The following table provides the entry and description for IP configurations:
Table 20. Static IP address entries
Entry
Description
Gateway
Specifies the IP address of an IP router. Configuring a default
gateway creates a default route in the IP routing table.
Syntax:
Gateway =
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IPConfig
Specifies the IP address that Windows PE uses to connect to a
network.
Syntax:
IPConfig =
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
StartNet
Specifies whether to start networking services.
Syntax:
StartNet =
Yes
|
No
SubnetMask
Specifies a 32-bit value that enables the recipient of IP packets to
distinguish the network ID and host ID portions of the IP
address.
Syntax:
SubnetMask =
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Changing the video resolution
You can change the video resolution by changing the default Predesktop Area
resolution settings of 800
×
600
×
16-bit. To change the settings, complete the
following procedures:
1.
Get the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL process
described in “Using RRUTIL.EXE” on page 30.
2.
Open the file for editing.
3.
Add the following entries:
[ComputerSettings]
DisplayResolution=800x600x16 or 1024x768x16
When the Rescue and Recovery environment starts, you see an additional
window during startup that is titled
″
Factory preinstallation
″
. The colors are
reduced from thousands to 256.
4.
Put back the \MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INI file by using the RRUTIL
process described in “Using RRUTIL.EXE” on page 30.
Startup applications
The Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment has the ability to support a
startup scripts, programs, or customized programs. These scripts or programs will
be processed before the Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment reaches
the main PE interface page.
The directory to place the scripts or programs is \Preboot\Startup. Scripts or
programs in this directory are processed alphanumerically. For example, a script
called a.bat would be processed before 1.exe.
To place a script or program in this directory, complete the following steps:
1.
Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools
site at:
ADMIN#rnr
2.
Create a Temp directory.
3.
In the \Temp directory create the following directory tree: \preboot\startup.
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