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Conference decwet::nt-developers

Title:	MS Windows NT Developers
Notice:	See note 1222 for MS bug reporting info
Moderator:	TARKIN::LINEIBER

Created:	Mon Nov 11 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3247
Total number of notes:	15633

3186.0. "Partitioning and formating under NT" by BIKINI::EFFKEMANN (Dieter Effkemann, CSC Munich, @UFC) Tue Feb 11 1997 03:37

Hallo,

we use the Microsoft OPK to install Windows NT Server unattended. 

We boot NT from MO and want to use the Microsoft OPK to install Windows 
NT on harddisk.

Before we can use WINNT32, we have to prepare the Partition and format 
the harddisk unattended. We build a dynamic UNATTENDED.TXT for 
the Harddisk Installation. In the same fasion we build a dynamic 
Partition Layout for the destination System. The work has to be done 
under control of WinNT, so NO DOS Tool may be used. The Diskmanager as 
GUI Interface works fine and does exactly, what we want. We need a tool, 
which can be called from CLI doing the same work:
	- partioning ( of a clean disk or prepartitioned disk)
	- assign drive letter
	- format drive.
We have not found a tool doing this ( also PartionMagic doesn#t do it ) 
so we wrote a program, which is able to partionion a clean disk, but not 
a prepartioned one. We temporary may assign a drive letter, but not fix 
and we can format a partitioned drive. 

Does anyone know a tool that is able to do it under NT, or is a code 
sample available somewhere?

This is a urgend request, because if we are not able to do this work, we 
have to redesign the installation process.

Thanks in advance

Josef Beeking &
Dieter Effkemann

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3186.1 What's OPK? BHAJEE::JAERVINEN Ora, the Old Rural Amateur Tue Feb 11 1997 06:33 11

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3186.1	What's OPK?	BHAJEE::JAERVINEN	Ora, the Old Rural Amateur	`Tue Feb 11 1997 06:33`	11
	You might want to have a look at ASCOT and maybe GHOST, discussed recently in the Windows NT conference. GHOST is a bit weak in handling NTFS partitions. ASCOT can apparently execute MS Test scripts, so you might be able to use the NT Disk Administrator. I haven't used either product (yet). Also, SMS can use MS Test scripts...

    You might want to have a look at ASCOT and maybe GHOST, discussed
    recently in the Windows NT conference.
    
    GHOST is a bit weak in handling NTFS partitions. ASCOT can apparently
    execute MS Test scripts, so you might be able to use the NT Disk
    Administrator.
    
    I haven't used either product (yet).
    
    Also, SMS can use MS Test scripts...