Merge pull request #18 from SoCSTech/Florence

Author: FlorrieGirl

Writerside/topics/Capturing-the-Images.md

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 # Capturing the Images
 
+- Update master PC for the lab in question (kept in the office) with everything needed for the Semester (e.g., new software, updates, etc.)
+- Boot into the USB by pressing F12 until boot menu opens then choosing the option for USB (this is normally second from last, starting with UEFI and containing something like ‘Sandisk’ or ‘USB’)
+- Once the Clonezilla menu opens, press the second option that says ‘Clonezilla live (VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)’
+- Choose English
+- Keep the default keyboard layout
+- Press start Clonezilla
+- Choose ‘device-image’ from the list
+- Choose ‘local-dev’
+- Press Ctrl+C
+- Choose where the image will be saved, normally portable SSD (PSSD)
+- Press ‘done’ (have to use the right arrow key to get to this option)
+- Choose Beginner mode
+- Choose ‘savedisk’
+- Name the image (for naming conventions see [this page](Image-Revision-History.md))
+- Choose the compression option ‘-zip’
+- Choose to skip the check of source file system
+- Choose to skip checking the saved image
+- Choose not to encrypt the image
+- Choose the option ‘choose’ when everything is finished. This could be different depending on the purpose, but it’s always a safe option as it shows people not to use them until we’re ready to finish it up.
+- Press enter to continue.
+- Wait for Clonezilla to save the image
+- Press Y
+- Press enter
+- Select reboot or power off
+
+Your image is now saved to your Portable SSD! Yay!
+
+

Writerside/topics/CloneZilla-Direct-Imaging.md

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 # CloneZilla Direct Imaging
 
-Start typing here...
+- Boot into USB stick (press F12 as PC boots up)
+- Start up Clonezilla (option 2 VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)
+- Wait until it starts 
+- Take out USB stick
+- Choose English
+- Keep default keyboard layout
+- Press start Clonezilla
+- Choose option 'device-image'
+- Choose options 'level-dev'
+- Press enter on the next few optons until the long list of options
+- Choose 'restore disk'
+- Choose the portable harddrive from the options
+- Choose the correct image from the drive
+- Choose what the PC will do when the image is done- either reboot, or choose. 
+Choose is useful when in a lab where you want the PC to look unusable after the imaging if you don't want students to use it.
+However, reboot will just reboot the PC and leave it on the Windows log in screen.
+- Confirm by typing y and enter twice
+- Wait until it's done

Writerside/topics/CloneZilla-P2P-Imaging.md

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 # CloneZilla P2P Imaging
 
-Start typing here...
+- Boot into USB stick (press F12 as PC boots up)
+- Start up Clonezilla (option 2 VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)
+- Wait until it starts
+- Take out USB stick
+- Choose English
+- Keep default keyboard layout
+- Press start Clonezilla
+- Choose option 'device-image'
+- Choose options 'level-dev'
+- Press enter on the next few options until the long list of options
+- Choose 'restore disk'
+- Choose the portable harddrive from the options
+- Choose the correct image from the drive
+- Choose what the PC will do when the image is done- either reboot, or choose.
+  Choose is useful when in a lab where you want the PC to look unusable after the imaging if you don't want students to use it.
+  However, reboot will just reboot the PC and leave it on the Windows log in screen.
+- Confirm by typing 'y' and enter twice
+- Wait until it's done

Writerside/topics/CloneZilla-Server-Imaging.md

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 # CloneZilla Server Imaging
 
-Start typing here...
+## Server Side
+- Boot into USB stick (press F12 as PC boots up)
+- Start up Clonezilla (option 2 VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)
+- Wait until it starts
+- Take out USB stick
+- Choose English
+- Keep default keyboard layout
+- Press start Clonezilla
+- Choose option 'lite-server'
+- Choose start
+- Choose local boot
+- Choose DHCP (auto-detect)
+- Choose local-dev
+- Choose the portable hard drive from the options
+- Choose beginner
+- Choose 'massive-deployment'
+- Choose 'from-image'
+- Choose the correct image
+- Choose to skip the checks
+- Choose what the PC will do when the image is done- either reboot, or choose.
+  Choose is useful when in a lab where you want the PC to look unusable after the imaging if you don't want students to use it.
+  However, reboot will just reboot the PC and leave it on the Windows log in screen.
+- Choose 'multicast'
+- Choose either time-to-wait or clients-to-wait. 
+- Wait until it's done
+- After everything is imaged, you'll have to image the server PC using [direct imaging](CloneZilla-Direct-Imaging.md).
+
+## Client Side
+- Boot into USB stick (press F12 as PC boots up)
+- Start up Clonezilla (option 2 VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)
+- Wait until it starts
+- Take out USB stick
+- Choose English
+- Keep default keyboard layout
+- Press start Clonezilla
+- Choose option 'lite-client'
+- Choose DHCP (auto-detect)
+- IP screen will come up. See the server PC 
+- Wait until it's done

Writerside/topics/Deploying-DeepFreeze.md

@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ main dashboard by clicking the 'Install Cloud Agent' button.
 From this page, a group should be selected, which will have an enforced policy. In this case, the 1A
 group is selected which has the 'Computing' policy enforced.
 
+When you first install this time it will be named something generic,
+so make sure to name it something simple like that, so '1a' for lab 1A,'1b' for lab 1B, etc.
+It makes it easier to keep track of which installer is for what lab.
+
 This installer can be used in Lab 1A to deploy DeepFreeze. Usually we also create a batch script
 which copies the installer from a memory stick to the computer, and then runs the installer. This way,
-we don't need to wait for the installer to finish before we unplug the memory stick.
+we don't need to wait for the installer to finish before we unplug the memory stick.
+
+## Batch Script
+As mentioned previously, we usually create a batch script to help us when installing DeepFreeze. 
+This script copies the installer over to the desktop of the computer from the memory stick, and then runs it.
+This means that as soon as the script is run, we can remove our memory stick and move onto the next PC. 
+This is incredibly useful when you need to deploy DeepFreeze to every PC in a large lab, and saves a lot of time. 
+
+The script looks like this: 
+
+"COPY 1a.exe C:\Users\Student\1a.exe
+C:\Users\Student\1a.exe"
+
+It's only 2 lines, so nice and easy. 
+The '1a.exe' refers to the installer file you've downloaded. You'll need to change this part so it works on the installer you're using,
+so if you're installing DeepFreeze in 1B, your installer file should be named '1b' and you'll change the batch file so it says that instead of '1a'.
+
+Once you've made the batch script, make sure it and the installer are on a USB stick, then click to run the script.
+This will copy over the file and start the installation. Once the installation has started (so the DeepFreeze box is up), you can unplug the USB stick
+and move onto the next PC. And that's it!
+

Writerside/topics/Deploying-Images-using-CloneZilla.md

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 # Capturing and Deploying Images using CloneZilla
 
 CloneZilla is the software we use to deploy the master image across the labs. This
-Subsection will cover all the different ways CloneZilla can be used.
+Subsection will cover all the different ways CloneZilla can be used.
+
+However, all uses of Clonezilla start the same way which will be explained here.
+
+## Creating Clonezilla USB Stick
+Before we can use Clonezilla, we have to prepare a USB stick with it installed that we can boot Clonezilla from.
+
+## Starting Clonezilla
+All uses of Clonezilla start the same way. 

Writerside/topics/Splashtop.md

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 # Splashtop
 
 Splashtop is the service we use for remote access to lab machines. Currently, we have a suite of machines dedicated
-to run Splashtop at the front of Labs 1A and 2B (hopefully this changes in the future).
+to run Splashtop at the front of Labs 1A and 2B. Please see the [DT website](https://digitaltechnologies.lincoln.ac.uk/2024/05/09/how-to-splashtop/) for more information.
 
 ## Installing Splashtop
 Splashtop is installed with an installer which can be provided by the technical resource manager. It should be