Before a client with a hard disk can be booted remotely, its hard disk must be properly configured for the Remoteboot service. This does not prevent users from accessing the hard disk after the client is booted.
Use the Microsoft Network Client version 2.2 rplenabl utility to prepare the client to use the Remoteboot service. Later, if you want to boot the client using its hard disk, run the rpldsabl utility to disable the remoteboot configuration.
Note
Some RPL ROMs will take control of the client even though the hard drive is enabled, and so you may not need to run the rplenabl (or rpldsabl) utility on these clients. Try simply booting the computer, and then use rplenabl if needed.
To configure a client's hard disk for the Remoteboot service
1. Insert a formatted MS-DOS floppy disk in the remoteboot server's floppy disk drive.
2. Copy the Rplenabl.exe and Rpldsabl.exe programs to the floppy disk by typing:
copy c:\systemroot\rpl\rplfiles\binfiles\binr\rpl??abl.exe a:
where a: is the floppy disk drive.
3. Start the remoteboot client, booting MS-DOS from the local hard disk.
4. Put the disk with the Rplenabl.exe program in the client's floppy disk drive and type:
a:rplenabl
where a: is the client's floppy disk drive.
5. Remove the disk and press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
The Remote Program Load Module information is displayed as the RPL ROM chip initializes the network adapter.
For instructions on using the rpldsabl utility, see "Deleting a Client" later in this chapter.