[THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
- From: "Ziots, Edward" <EZiots@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:51:48 -0500
What worked, is to first use the Smart Start CD to blow away the RAID ARRAY
Configuration and then manual set up the RAID Array. Once this is done,
reboot machine with bootable CD-ROM and let it rip.
Installed Windows 2000 SP2 Slipstreamed plus all the needed SP3 and SP4
hotfixes, all unattended.
What you need to do is the following.
1) COPY Entire contents of Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM to a folder. ( Call
CD-ROOT), get win2kboot.bin from the nu2.nu site put this off the root of
the CD-ROM.
2) Create a unattend.txt file using setupmgr.exe from the deploy.cab file on
the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
3) Extract SP2/SP3 to a directory called SPX. W2ksp2.exe -x or W2KSP3.exe
-x. Then run c:\SPX\i386\update\update -s:C:\CD-ROOT. It will slipstream the
SPX files into the distribution.
4) Add all the hotfixes into the $OEM$ directory in QXXXXXX.exe format.
Create a cmdlines.txt file in this directory and ensure it runs the hotfixes
as such. You can also install additional software by placing it in this
directory and calling the setup silently. ( Compaq Drives, I would just run
the .cmd file included with the SPAQ)
[Commands]
"Qxxxxxx.exe -z -q -m"
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qchain.exe
This is all that needs done. After reboot. System is named, with all right
information and you are ready to roll.
HTH,
Ed
PS: Now all I have to do is perfect all the software installs ( CPQ Diags,
SPAQ, I386 Directory addition) IIS Lockdown tool for IIS Servers, plus
script to move INETPUB to D:\INETPUB)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:EZiots@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 1:00 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
I will check the WINISO site, I did use the site listed below to build the
Boot CD. As I say it works a charm on a PC to load Windows 2000 Server, but
I need it to work with Compaq Smart Start or bypass Smart Start, and had it
work also.
Possibly I will have to robocopy my Windows 2000 Server CD I386 directory to
my hard drive, then add everything to ensure it all copied over. Weird I was
getting alot of .cls, and RMI files errors.
Going to try a manual method where I set up the array first, then do
partitioning from Windows 2000 Boot CD, then let it install. Totally
bypassing Smart Start, and see if it works.
As for regular Workstation installs, the Boot CD is the bomb. I can install
the Slipstreamed OS, and hotfixes ( Pre SP3 and SP4) onto a system in about
10-15 mins. All scripted by using a winnt.sif file created by setupmgr.exe (
Inside Deploy.cab) also I create a $OEM$ folder off the root of the CD, put
all the hotfixes in QXXXXXX.exe format and run them by specifing QXXXXXX.exe
-z -q -m in succession, cap it off with qchain.exe and its all set.
EZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lynch [mailto:lynch00@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:16 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
I gave the link below. Http://www.winiso.com. Also, for those that use
WINRAR as a ZIP program, it can also modify ISO images as well. I
haven't really tested out WinRAR's capabilities, but I know for a fact
that WinISO works perfectly.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:14 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
Where can we find a copy of WinISO? I've tried other programs to modify
= .ISO files and none of them work well.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lynch [mailto:lynch00@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:52 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
That is a good suggestion, but I've run into problems where if you
follow the directions to the letter, you have a 50/50 chance of the CD
not working. If you use WinISO to modify your ISO image of your
original Bootable Windows 2000 Server CD, it will not fail. I picked
the directions from the site you mentioned, where it states what files
need to be in the CD folder structure.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Witt, Mike
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 8:39 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Bootable CD OS install.
I don't have much info for you regarding use with smartstart, but here
is a really good site for creating slipstreamed Windows CD's, perhaps it
has a trick that might help.=20
http://www.bink.nu/Bootcd/
-----Original Message-----
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:EZiots@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:10 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Bootable CD OS install.
Folks,=20
I am attempting the following. TO make a bootable CD-ROm with SP2
slipstreamed, and all hotfixes needed. At my PC at home this work
flawlessly ( with help of unattend.txt renamed to winnt.sif and put in
I386 directory on the Bootable Cd-ROM. Also I put all the hotfixes in
the $OEM$ folder and created a cmdlines.txt with all the commands to
install the hotfixes.=20
When I use the Smart Start 5.50 CD ( yes tried more than 1 of these)
with assisted method of installation, I get read errors trying to read
the CD-ROm and copy some .cls, and rmi files from the CD. I tried 2
different servers, same issue. Tried 2 different CD-ROMS same issue.=20
Has anyone successfully done this. I am soo close I can taste it. It
would defintely cut my installation time for a server and associated
programs to about 30 mins, which means I could rool out about 20 servers
a day or 100 per week with this simple CD.=20
I have all the documentation needed, just need to figure out the darn
problem with Smart-Start and miss reading files.=20
Any assistance on this would be MUCH appreciated.=20
EZ
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