Next you should set/verify the BIOS values...
Finally, add the computer name that you will install to the PDC. (Primary Domain Controller, the main NT server). Example:
NET COMPUTER \\LOOROLL /ADD
Note, if the computer has already been defined on the PDC in the past and
you are re-installing, run above command with /DEL first, before you /ADD it.
Highly recommended:Whatever your method, load SMARTDRV before install. It will greatly speed up initial stage of the install.
WARNING: The procedure below will totally wipe clean all disk partitions and reformat as a single NTFS partition...
Next, type in the following commands at the DOS prompt:
NET USE N:\\HOPI\SETUPNTN:
Now ready to start the install. Before installing a workstation unattended,
you must have the proper configuration file defined in
\\hopi\setupnt\unattend\station. Check that directory for
samples. If you want to just do an attended install, run WINNT at the N:
prompt. However, be aware that this does not auto-install service packs
and applications.
The argument to INSTALL is the station name sans the s- or w- part.
For example, w-259-01 should be specified as: install 259-01.
INSTALL stationname
System will now churn for quite some time. We are talking an hour or more. If all goes well, it will be sitting at an NT login prompt when you return. (NOTE: Install command is a batch file which runs WINNT with correct args to do unattended install...)
After install is done, log in as administrator and install sound card support if needed (haven't figured that one out yet). If local user (staff person) wants to manange their own PC, the run user manager from that PC and add the person's domain account to the local group named Administrator.
The administrator password is defined in the $oem$\Cmdlines.txt file...