| Title: | Windows NT For Alpha AXP |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN EIBER |
| Created: | Mon Sep 27 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1058 |
| Total number of notes: | 4567 |
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. thanks - john
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| 1020.1 | A bit more detail. | ANGST::tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::angst::boebinger | john boebinger (216) 656-9835 | Sun Mar 16 1997 19:32 | 16 |
It occurs to be i may not have included some details on what i'm doing. 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. thanks - john | |||||