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SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS
This Guide provides the following information:
• PC Deployment Process overview
• Distribution Share setup for Windows 2000 Professional, including:
- Operating system-specific configuration
- Hardware-specific configuration
- Value-add software configuration
• Overview of the unattended installation environment for Windows 2000 Professional
• Sample UNATTEND.TXT document
• Sample CMDLINES.TXT document
• Sample TXTSETUP.OEM document
The following assumptions are made in this paper:
• You understand how to create a network boot diskette used to access the Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional distribution share. (Refer to “Network Installation of Microsoft Windows
on Compaq Deskpro EP and Deskpro EN Series of Personal Computers Using the Multi-NIC
Boot Utility,” Document NA141A/1098, located on the Compaq Web site at
http://207.18.199.3/support/techpubs/whitepapers/na141a1098.html.)
• You know what hardware must be supported.
• You can access the Web and download the appropriate SoftPAQs containing the device driver
software from www.compaq.com/support. Instructions for downloading and extracting
SoftPAQs are provided at www.compaq.com/support.
• The deployment team has access to the Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit.
• Each client computer has a licensed copy of Windows 2000 Professional.
PROCESS OVERVIEW,CONVENTIONS,OTHER
DOCUMENTATION
High level overview of the process
The following steps outline the network installation process:
1. Copy the Windows 2000 Professional operating system (and associated Service Packs if
applicable) to a designated location on the server.
2. Create the unattended setup directory structure as shown in Appendix A of this White Paper.
3. Download the appropriate SoftPAQs and run them to extract device drivers into the correct
folders (see hardware component sections of this white paper for more detailed information).
4. Modify the UNATTEND.TXT file as required.
5. Set up a network share for the operating system, device drivers, and other software to be
installed.
6. Boot client computer to the shared network directory.
7. Perform a Remote ROM Flash (optional). Refer to Appendix E for more details.
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