Before using the winnt or winnt32 command, there must be a network connection between the computer being upgraded (the destination computer) and the distribution sharepoint. If the destination computer is already using networking software, the connection can be made in the usual way. If the computer is not yet running networking software, you can use a Network Installation Startup Disk to start the computer and make the network connection. See "Network Installation Startup Disks," later in this chapter, for information on creating and using a Network Installation Startup Disk.
The winnt or winnt32 command is run from the destination computer. The command can be issued in any of the following ways:
The syntax of the winnt command is as follows:
winnt [/s:sourcepath] [/i:inf_file] [/t:drive_letter] [/x] [/b] [/o[x]]
[/u:answer_file] [/udf:id, [UDF_file]]
The syntax of the winnt32 command is as follows:
winnt32 [/s:sourcepath] [/i:inf_file] [/t:drive_letter] [/x] [/b]
[/o[x]] [/u:answer_file] [/udf:id, [UDF_file]]
where:
/s:sourcepath
Specifies the location of the Windows NT files.
/i:inf_file
Specifies the filename (no path) of the setup information file. The default is DOSNET.INF.
/t:drive_letter
Forces Setup to place temporary files on the specified drive.
/x
Prevents Setup from creating Setup boot floppies. Use this when you already have Setup boot floppies (from your administrator, for example).
/b
Causes the boot files to be loaded on the system's hard drive rather than on floppy disks, so that floppy disks do not need to be loaded or removed by the user.
/o
Specifies that Setup only create boot floppies.
/ox
Specifies that Setup create boot floppies for CD-ROM or floppy-based installation.
/u:answer_file
Specifies the location of an answer file that provides answers the user would otherwise be prompted for during Setup.
/udf:id [,UDF_file]
Specifies the identifier that is to be used by the Setup program to apply sections of the UDF_file in place of the same section in the answer file. If no UDF is specified, the Setup program will prompt the user to insert a disk that contains a file called $UNIQUE$.UDF. If a UDF is specified, Setup will look for the identifier in that file.
Computers running an earlier version of Windows NT Workstation can upgrade to Windows NT Workstation 4.0 using the winnt32 command. These computers do not need a Network Installation Startup Disk, because they can connect to the network using the built-in networking features of Windows NT Workstation. The options for winnt32 are the same as those for winnt.
Note
If you are using winnt to install Windows NT Workstation, and you want convert to the NTFS file system, you must do the conversion as a separate step, after installing Windows NT Workstation.
After Windows NT Workstation is installed, restart the computer and use the command convert /fs:ntfs to change the file system.