| Title: | Windows NT |
| Notice: | See note 15.0 for HCL location |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN .com::FOLEY |
| Created: | Thu Oct 31 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6086 |
| Total number of notes: | 31449 |
I asked this in the NTAXP notesfile, but I didn't get a response, so I figured I would try here. Question - When one selects the "Install from CD-ROM" option on an Alpha, exactly what happens? Reason - I am creating some CD-ROMs for field offices to have demos of the various mail systems. I can create NT systems on Intel machines by booting DOS and doing the WINNT /U routine. The same can't be done on Alpha for new installations (as opposed to upgrades). However, since i am blasting my own CD-ROMs (called CD-R for the literal minded), I have the opportunity to change installation files. Hence the question about what happens when selecting the install from CD-ROM. What files are invoked and is there someplace where they can be modified. What i would really like to do is to have a floppy that has the unattended installation file and the uniqueness file. Then the user selects "Install from CD-ROM", which knows enough to look on the floppy for the two files. On an Intel box, I can create a CD-R with the /I386 installation area, and a $OEM$ directory created using SYSDIFF. An unattended installation in this case results in an NT system that already has layered products installed and configured. It is literally a case of typing the WINN /U command and finding a fully installed and configured system an hour or so later. I'd like to do the same thing with Alpha, but the mechanism to do an unattended installation from scratch does not seem to be clear. Since I can modify the /Alpha directory, the question is what would need to be modified. When one does an "Install from CD-ROM" on an Alpha, something that looks a lot like WINNT seems to be running. Is there someplace that can be modified so that this program will look for the unattended installation files? thanks - john
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| 5856.1 | Can you run WINNT/U as a Maintenance Program ??? | CIVPR1::SIMMONS | Mike Simmons (301) 918-5597 | Wed Apr 16 1997 19:16 | 3 |
Where did you hear that Alpha cannot do an unattended install as a new install? I've always assumed it couldn't but never saw it documented. Is it possible to run WINNT /U as a Maintenance Program from the AlphaBIOS menu ??? | |||||
| 5856.2 | EPS::tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::amuzed::boebinger | Tue Jun 03 1997 15:05 | 7 | ||
Actually, that's the problem. There is no WINNT.EXE in the /ALPHA directory. But it looks like there is something that looks like WINNT is running, I'm just trying to find out what it is and how to pass it parameters. john | |||||
| 5856.3 | DECWET::LEESC | Wed Jun 04 1997 10:16 | 4 | ||
Try looking in the /ALPHA/WINNT32 directory. Scott | |||||
| 5856.4 | \ALPHA\WINNT32 directory is not on CD. | CIVPR1::SIMMONS | Mike Simmons (301) 918-5597 | Wed Jun 04 1997 14:38 | 4 |
> Try looking in the /ALPHA/WINNT32 directory. This directory doesn't exist on the NT Server CD. What about \ALPHA\WINNT32.EXE or \ALPHA\SETUPLDR? | |||||
| 5856.5 | CANDOO::GRIEB | Thu Jun 05 1997 15:25 | 14 | ||
SETUPLDR is what gets run when you do the "Install from CD" option from the console. You can do the same thing using the RUN console option and giving cd:\alpha\setupldr as the image name. WINNT is the image that you run on an X86 system running DOS to first copy the files needed locally and then do an installation. WINNT /? will tell you what the options are. Obviously this is intended to be used on an X86 system. WINNT32 is the image name to use (on both Alpha and x86) to do the same thing as WINNT except when you are already running on a WIN32 system. Again, WINNT32 /? will tell you what the options are. | |||||