Disk configuration

Introduction

The following is a description of disk configuration. Before an OS can be deployed to clients, the global disk configurations have to be defined. You can create configurations needed for each of the desired platforms. The different configurations will be visible from the OSD Client before the OS is deployed. 




Element

Description

Name

Specify the name of the configuration. The name you specify will be displayed in the client OS window before the actual OS installation is started.

Description

Enter a description of the disk.

Laptop

Select this check box if the disk configuration should be available for installation on a laptop computer.

Workstation/server

Select this check box if the disk configuration should be available for installation on a workstation or a server.

Leave disk configuration

Select this option if you want to leave the disk without repartitioning.

Disk size

Select this option if you want to specify the disk size. You can specify the size as a physical size or as a percentage.

Extended disk

Select this option if you want to take the remaining free space on the disk and create a last partition.

Comment

Enter a custom description that will be added to the change log.



If you want to learn how to configure a disk see