IBM EtherJet ISA Adapter Windows 95 Remote Unattended Install Setup Procedure *************************************************************************** * This is a sample network installaion startup disk to make connection * * between your target client machine and distribution server. You should * * choose a distribution server, protocol, and client software that meets * * your network environment to create your startup disk. This sample IBM * * EtherJet ISA startup disk was built using the following procedure: * * * * 1) From a MS-DOS 6.22 client a system diskette was built using the * * sys a: command. * * * * 2) The Network Client Administrator on a Windows NT4.0 server was used * * to make the Network Installation Startup Disk. * * The IBM EtherJet ISA Adapter is not listed on the Network Adapter * * Card listing therefore you will need to select any of the adapters * * listed to build the startup disk then substitute the IBM EtherJet * * DOS driver in place of the adapter you selected. * * View the protocol.ini and system.ini files from this sample disk * * for the necessary substitutions. * * * *************************************************************************** In order to setup Remote Unattended Install (RUI), the procedure can be broken down into two major steps: 1. All the files needed for Win95 (Resources) must be copied onto the server. 2. The remote workstation machine (target) needs to be connected to the server and files need to be copied onto the target workstation machine for setting up Windows 95. Before setting up RUI, you must have the following items: 1. You must have a real-mode startup diskette to the distribution server. IBM provides this sample startup diskette with this package - EJRUIW95.EXE. This diskette also contains the following files in the \SAMPLE subdirectory: - sample files for MSBATCH.INF and LAYOUT.INF - sample files for SETUP.INF and NET.INF 2. You must have a copy of the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit. 3. Copies of two articles from Microsoft's Knowledge Base on the World Wide Web: - http://www.microsoft.com/kb/ - Article ID Q133349 "How to Set Up A Floppy-Disk-Boot Server-Based Installation" - Article ID Q114425 "WFWG 3.11: How to Create a Boot Disk to Load Real-Mode Network" The following instructions are the procedure for performing Remote Unattended Install of Windows 95 from a Windows NT 4.0 server. Additional general information about setting up the server can be found in the Windows 95 Resource Kit, Chapter 4 - "Server-Based Setup for Windows 95". 1. From the network workstation, log onto the Windows NT 4.0 Server. 2. From the Windows 95 CDROM on the network workstation, run the NETSETUP program to: a) Install all the Windows 95 source files onto the Windows NT 4.0 Server. (Set Server Install Path) b) Create the MSBATCH.INF file on the Windows NT 4.0 Server. (Make Setup Script) Refer to Chapter 4 of the Windows 95 Resource Kit for complete instructions on how to use the NETSETUP program. Once you have completed running the NETSETUP program, you will find several *.inf files on the server. Among them are LAYOUT.INF & NET.INF. Modifications must be made to both of these files in order for Remote Unattended Install to work. LAYOUT.INF ========== Depending on the adapter you have in your target Windows 95 workstation machine, modify the [SourcesDisksFiles] section of this file as described below. Refer to the sample LAYOUT.INF file included in the \SAMPLE subdirectory on the real-mode connection diskette (EJRUIW95.EXE): 1. For the IBM EtherJet ISA Adapter, add: IBMEIMP3.SYS=1,system,26624 (please note that the file size may vary with different versions of device driver) 2. Search for the line containing IBMEIMP3.INF and change its file size to the size of the IBMEIMP.INF file contained in the \SAMPLE subdirectory of the real-mode connection diskette. With the latest IBMEIMP3.INF file, this line in LAYOUT.INF should look like this after modification: IBMEIMP3.INF=1,inf,5752 Make sure that the modified LAYOUT.INF file is copied over to the following subdirectories on the server: \Shared_Dir\WIN95 \Shared_Dir\INF (please note that the "Shared_Dir" subdirectory could have any installation-dependent name that you specified. Be sure to follow the instructions in Chapter 4 of the Windows 95 Resource Kit on how to setup the shared directories on the server. NET.INF =========== Replace the NET.INF file on your server with the new NET.INF file included in the \SAMPLE subdirectory on the real-mode connection diskette (EJRUIW95.EXE). You need to replace it in all subdirectories that have a copy of NET.INF: \Shared_Dir\WIN95 \Shared_Dir\INF SETUP.INF =========== Replace the SETUP.INF file on your server with the new SETUP.INF included in the \SAMPLE subdirectory on the real-mode startup diskette. You need to replace it in all subdirectories that have a copy of SETUP.INF: \Shared_Dir\WIN95 \Shared_Dir\INF ====================================================================== Copy the IBMEIMP3.SYS and IBMEIMP3.INF files from the \DRIVER subdirectory of this diskette onto the server into the following subdirecties: \Shared_Dir\WIN95 IBMEIMP3.SYS \Shared_Dir\INF IBMEIMP3.INF This completes setting up the Windows NT 4.0 Server for performing Remote Unattended Install of Windows 95 to workstations using the IBM EtherJet ISA Adapter. To actually perform the Remote Unattended Install of Windows 95 onto a workstation using the IBM EtherJet ISA Adapter, perform the following steps: 1. Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the real-mode connection diskette (EJRUIW95.EXE) and modify the path for SETUP to match the shared directory on your server from which SETUP will be run (\Shared_Dir\ in our examples). 2. Boot the target workstation using the real-mode connection diskette (EJRUIW95.EXE) to connect to and log onto the server. 3. Follow the instructions for Windows 95 Setup. 4. Remove the real-mode connection diskette from the diskette drive when the workstation is ready to reboot. 5. When Windows 95 asks for a Logon ID and Password, you must use the same Logon ID and Password used in Step 2. This completes the installation process.