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Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool Version 3.1.0 User’s Guide

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Pulling an image from a source device

Prerequisites

Before you begin the pull operation, ensure that your device is configured to boot from the USB drive.

Steps

  1. Plug in the USB drive to the supported source device.
  2. To access the boot menu, reboot the device, and keep pressing either P key or F12 key during system reboot depending on your thin client model; To choose the boot menu function key (P or F12) for your thin client model, see Boot details for supported devices.
    The boot options are displayed, and you can see either of the following boot menu screens depending on your thin client model:
    Figure 1. Boot Menu
    Boot menu screen when P key is pressed
    Figure 2. Boot Menu
    Boot menu screen when F12 key pressed
  3. Select the USB option displaying your USB drive vendor name, and press Enter.
    The device reboots from the USB drive, and the following screen is displayed:
    Figure 3. Pulling the image to the USB drive
    Pulling device image to USB drive
    In the left pane, the following information is displayed:
    • Device infoDevice info displays information such as platform, media, and the system of the source device.
    • USB driveUSB drive displays information such as used space, free space, and total space of the USB drive.
  4. Click the Pull image icon icon.
    If the source device runs an operating system other than ThinLinux 2.0, go to step 6.
    The Pulling device image to USB drive screen is displayed.
    Figure 4. Pulling the image to the USB drive
    Pulling the image to the USB drive
  5. If the source device runs ThinLinux 2.0 operating system, select one of the following options:
    • Boot + Recovery + OS
    • Boot + Recovery (Recommended)
    • Boot + OS
    Figure 5. Pulling the ThinLinux 2.0 image to the USB drive
    Pulling the ThinLinux 2.0 image to the USB drive
  6. Click OK.
    The image pull operation starts, and the overall status is displayed in the progress bar.
    Figure 6. Copying the image to USB key
    Copying the image to USB key
    NOTE The pull operation pulls the operating system image, or the BIOS configuration, or both depending on the options you have selected in the Image Pull screen of USB Imaging Tool. If you have selected the Compress Image option, then the image is pulled in a compressed format.
  7. After the pull operation is complete, remove the USB drive from the source device.
  8. To reboot the device, click Restart.

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