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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
4. Find any device driver diskettes that pertain to adapters installed in your
server. If possible, try to establish by checking the time and date stamp of
the files if they are newer than any supplied with NT 4.0.
5. Refer to both the Microsoft and IBM hardware compatibility lists. These can
be found on the Web. Refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers and
Information” on page 147 for the URLs.
6. Make a note of any IP addresses, server name, share names or any other
relevant information in case you have to rebuild the server.
7. Start the installation process as described in Chapter 5, “Installing Windows
NT Server 4.0” on page 81.
8. Proceed to the point in the installation process where you are asked whether
you want to install a fresh copy or you want to upgrade to the newer version.
Choose to upgrade.
9. Complete the installation.
3.10 Installation Over the Network
The preferred method of installing Windows NT is by using the installation
diskettes and CD-ROM provided by Microsoft. If you are unable to use this
method as described in Chapter 5, “Installing Windows NT Server 4.0” on
page 81, you could consider the method described below. This method is
intended to demonstrate how to install NT from an existing Microsoft NT network
server, workstation or Windows 95 device. It should deliver the same results as
the method described in Chapter 5, “Installing Windows NT Server 4.0” on
page 81, although it is slower.
1. Insert the NT 4.0 CD-ROM disk in a CD-ROM drive that you can connect to
from the new server. Alternatively, copy the contents of at least the I386
directory to a server.
2. Share the CD-ROM or data directory where you copied the NT code to to
allow the new server to access it.
3. Partition the new server by using the DOS
FDISK.EXE utility.
Note: Be careful to make sure that you specify the first partition as active;
otherwise, you will not be able to boot from it.
4. Format the first partition with the FAT file system using DOS or the Windows
95
FORMAT /S command.
5. Install the DOS network client on your server. You can find the DOS client
software on the NT Installation CD, in the \CLIENTS\ directory.
6. Reboot the new server and log on to the network.
7. Connect to the CD-ROM drive or directory in the existing server using the
NET USE command, for example:
NET USE * \\BIGMOTHER\I386
This will connect the first available drive letter to the I386 share located on
the specified server.
8. From the shared drive, enter the command
WINNT /B. This will start the
installation process by copying the NT code across the network to your local
disk.
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