Hardware Requirements

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Hardware Requirements
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Installation Checklist

• Verify minimum system requirements are meet
• Verify compatibility HCL or Win2K Readiness
  Analyzer
• Hard drive configuration single or multiple
  partitions
• System configuration normal or dual-boot
• File system FAT16, FAT32, NTFS
• Licensing Mode per server or per seat

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Installation Checklist cont.

• Network configuration workgroup or domain
• Select Windows Components
• Naming scheme DNS, domain name, NetBEUI
• Computer setup IP addresses, workgroups
• Review all applications for installation
  compatibility

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HDD Information

• System partition
• contains all of the boot files (NTLDR, Boot.ini,
  Ntdetect.com) need for 2000 to boot
• must be on the first HDD (Disk 0) that is a
  primary, active partition
• can reside on a FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS partition
• Boot partition
• contains all of the system files for 2000
• can be same drive as system partition
• Remember, the system partition contains boot
  files and the boot partition contains system
  files. Its backwards!

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Licensing

• Per Server
• number of concurrent connections
• use for 1 server networks and new, small networks
• server controls logon ability
• Per Seat
• logon controlled by workstation
• clients not limited to one server connection
• requires separate CAL (Client Access License) for
  each station
• You can switch from per server licensing to per
  seat. Cant go the other way. Andyou can only do
  this once.

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Installation Methods

• Setup boot disks
• create bootable diskettes that automatically
  begin the installation process
• In the \bootdisk directory, run either
  makeboot.exe (16-bit for DOS, Win3.x, Win95) or
  makebt32.exe (32-bit for NT 4.0 and 2000)
• This requires 4 blank floppy diskettes
• Once the 4 disks are created, place Disk 1 in FDD
  and boot the system
• CD-ROM
• either bootable CD drive or from a different OS
  (DOS, Win3.x, Win9x, WinNT, Win2K)

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Installation Methods cont.

• Installation files
• Winnt.exe used to start the install from a
  16-bit OS
• Winnt32.exe used to start the install from a
  32-bit OS