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Table of Contents
- Summary
- Pre-Requisites
- Steps



Summary

Starting with MokaFive Creator 3.13, the default disk format when creating a new LivePC is set to SCSI virtual drives by default. In certain cases, IDE virtual disks may need to be configured for compatibility with existing image build processes. Use the following instructions to prepare a new LivePC built with Creator 3.13 to use IDE virtual disks.

Note: Even though the new default disk format is SCSI, this change does not affect existing LivePCs that were built with IDE virtual drives. Existing LivePCs will continue to use the originally configured IDE virtual disk format.



Pre-Requisites

  • MokaFive Creator 3.13 or later

Steps
  1. Open MokaFive Creator
  2. Create a new LivePC. On the bottom left corner of Creator, click on the Down Menu -> Create LivePC Image -> From install disc...
  3. Fill in the Title, OS, etc. and click on Create
  4. Next to the newly created LivePC, click on the Down arrow -> Configure
  5. Click on the SCSI tab

Images with Layered Disks (If you see 3 disks (system, application, and user) listed under the SCSI tab)

  1. Click on Edit for each disk and Delete. Click Yes for the confirmation prompt.
  2. After you have deleted all the disks, there should no longer be any disks enabled under the SCSI tab
  3. Click on SCSI Controller and select Disabled
  4. Click on OK to save the settings and close the Configure LivePC image window
  5. Next to the LivePC, click on the Down arrow -> Configure
  6. Click on the Storage tab.
  7. Click on Edit for 1:0 - (CDROM) and Delete. Click Yes for the confirmation prompt.
  8. We need to recreate the disks that we originally deleted. Use the following table. IMPORTANT! The disk types (System, Application, User) MUST BE SET EXACTLY as specified below. The default disk sizes are listed in the table. You can adjust the default disk sizes to allow per LivePC for corporate requirements.
  • 0:0 - System Disk - Set Default Size to 40000 MB
  • 0:1 - Application Disk - Default Size is 20000 MB
  • 1:0 - User Disk - Default Size is 20000 MB

If your OS install disk is an ISO

  • 1:1 - CDROM (iso) - Start connected (checked) - Path (Browse to the path of the ISO file)

If you OS install disk is physical media

  • 1:1 - CDROM (raw) - Start connected (checked)
  1. Click OK to save and enable the new settings. You can now proceed with building an image. Refer to the Administrator Guide for more details on the image build process.

Images with Non-Layered Disk (If you see 1 disk (user) listed in the SCSI tab)

  1. Click on Edit for each disk and Delete. Click Yes for the confirmation prompt.
  2. After you have deleted all the disks, there should no longer be any disks enabled under the SCSI tab
  3. Click on SCSI Controller and select Disabled
  4. Click on OK to save the settings and close the Configure LivePC image window
  5. Next to the LivePC, click on the Down arrow -> Configure
  6. Click on the Storage tab.
  7. Click on Edit for 1:0 - (CDROM) and Delete.
  8. We need to recreate the disk that we originally deleted. Use the following table. IMPORTANT! The disk type (User) MUST BE SET EXACTLY as specified below. The default disk size is listed in the table. You can adjust the default disk size to allow per LivePC for corporate requirements.
  • 0:0 - User Disk - Set Default Size to 40000 MB

If your OS install disk is an ISO

  • 0:1 - CDROM (iso) - Start connected (checked) - Path (Browse to the path of the ISO file)

If you OS install disk is physical media

  • 0:1 - CDROM (raw) - Start connected (checked)
  1. Click OK to save and enable the new settings. You can now proceed with building an image. Refer to the Administrator Guide for more details on the image build process.