PUSH INSTALLATION OF DRIVER ADAPTER ON WINDOWS 2000





Windows 2000 PUSH Installation:

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Contents:

I.	Introduction



II.   	Setting up an Install Directory on the file server



III.  	Deployment Method







I.Introduction



The PUSH installations of Network Adapter drivers on windows 2000 is achieved by

setting the options in the Unattend.txt file.



I. Setting up an Install Directory on the file server

	

Note:  The network share Z:\PUSH2K is used here as an example path to the

       distribution folder.  The distribution folder is where the setup

       files for Windows 2000 reside.  During the first step of the

       install, the client will connect to the distribution folder with

       IPX or TCP/IP.



Before an unattended server based setup of Windows 2000 can occur 

a directory needs to be prepared.



      	1. Copy the \I386 folder from the CD to Z:\PUSH2K.  Use 

           Explorer, Winfile or XCOPY in order to maintain the same 

           directory structure as on the CD.

 	

	2. Make folders beneath \i386 as follows:

		\$OEM$\$$\Help

		\$OEM$\$$\System32

		\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\Net\e100b

		

       	3. From the Configuration and Drivers Diskette provided with the

           adapter, copy all the files into Z:\PUSH2K\i386\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\Net\e100b 

	   directory and copy Unattend.txt from the Diskette into the shared 

	   directory Z:\PUSH2K. Make sure that Unattend.txt has the latest 

	   changes you made for customizing the push installation.

	 

             

III. Deployment Method

	

	1. Make sure that you have a copy of network bootable MS-DOS floppy and 

	   the boot the system which you want to push install with this floppy and connected 

	   to the shared network directory.

	2. Run the command as :

		\\Server\PUSH2K\i386\winnt /u:\\Server\PUSH2K\Unattend.txt /s:\\Server\PUSH2K /t:C



		



Important Note:

	By adopting the above procedure, the setup runs the installation

in unattended mode and also detects the plug and play network adpaters.  All driver files are copied from the shared directory to the target system directories and continues installation of the OS and Network Adapters without user intervention.





The sample Unattend.txt file used for the above installation is as follows:





[Unattended]

    Unattendmode = FullUnattended

    OemPreinstall = YES

    TargetPath = WINNT

    Filesystem = LeaveAlone

    NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

    NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

    OemSkipEula = Yes

    OemPnpDriversPath="drivers\net\e100b"



[UserData]

    ProductID=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

    FullName = "DMI2"

    OrgName = "Intel"

    ComputerName = "COMPUTER1"



[GuiUnattended]

    TimeZone = "004"

    AdminPassword = *

    OemSkipWelcome = 1

    AdvServerType = SERVERNT



[LicenseFilePrintData]

    AutoMode = PerSeat



[Display]

    BitsPerPel = 16

    XResolution = 800

    YResolution = 600

    VRefresh = 60



[Identification]



     JoinWorkGroup = Workgroup

;  *Use the following for a domain installation

;    JoinDomain=DMI2

;    CreateComputerAccountInDomain=Yes

;    DomainAdmin=Installer

;    DomainAdminPassword=install



[Networking]

    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes