Creating a Network Installation Startup Disk

Before you create a Network Installation Startup Disk, you need to determine the following:

• The name to be assigned to the computer.

• The username to be used. The username identifies a member of the workgroup or domain. Choose a unique name within the workgroup or domain.

• The name of the user's workgroup and/or domain.

• The manufacturer and model of the network adapter.

• The network protocol used on this network.

To create a Network Installation Startup Disk

1. Make sure that the disk has been formatted using the MS-DOS operating system. Use a high-density system disk that fits the destination computer's primary floppy drive. (On most computers this will be drive A. If your system is configured differently, substitute the drive name which acts as your primary floppy drive.) Insert this disk in drive A of a computer running the MS-DOS operating system.

2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type sys a: and then press ENTER to copy the hidden MS-DOS system files (Io.sys and Msdos.sys) and the MS-DOS command interpreter (Command.com) to the network installation startup disk.

3. On the Windows NT Server computer, double-click on the Network Client Administrator Utility in the Network Administration program group. Follow the directions displayed on the screen to create a Network Installation Startup Disk.

4. When prompted to insert a disk, insert the disk created in step 2 in the floppy drive.

5. Continue following the directions displayed on the screen. You now have a Network Installation Startup Disk.

6. The Network Client Administrator utility configures the Network Installation Startup Disk with default settings for the network adapter. Verify that the default settings are correct for your network adapter and modify them if necessary. (The settings are in the A:\Net\protocol.ini file.)