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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
4.1 ServerGuide 3.0 and NT 4.0
For the purposes of this document, this chapter concentrates on the aspects of
ServerGuide 3.0 as it pertains to the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0.
For the installation of NT 4.0, ServerGuide provides assistance building driver
diskettes for the various IBM products and the installation diskettes for Windows
NT. However, you will have to make sure that the drivers that you create from
the ServerGuide CD-ROM are newer than those provided with the product. You
can do this by checking their time and date stamps.
Essentially the Windows NT installation diskettes created by ServerGuide are the
same as the disks supplied in the NT 4.0 CD-ROM retail packaging. If you have
all the necessary driver diskettes available for the hardware that you are
installing, you can proceed directly to Chapter 5, “Installing Windows NT Server
4.0” on page 81, which covers the installation process.
Note
The NT 4.0 code is not included in CD-ROM disks that are included in the
ServerGuide 3.0 package. You will have to supply a commercial version to
install NT 4.0.
4.2 Starting ServerGuide
Make sure that the write protect tab of the ServerGuide boot diskette is set to
write enable. ServerGuide needs to write to the diskette from time to time to
store information about your configuration and choices across reboots.
Write Protect Tab
If the write protect tab on the ServerGuide startup diskette is set to the write
protect position, the server will continuously reboot and ServerGuide will not
start. Ensure the diskette is write enabled.
To start ServerGuide, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the ServerGuide boot diskette.
2. Place the CD-ROM marked Main in the CD-ROM drive.
3. Power up or reboot the server.
Server Reboots
During this initial phase of ServerGuide, your server may reboot once or
twice. This is normal. These reboots are necessary as ServerGuide
adds a partition to your drive to accommodate the code it temporarily
installs to control the process.
4. Choose a language.
The first panel to be displayed after the booting process completes is the
one to select your keyboard and language, as shown in Figure 47 on
page 73.
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