MCSE : Security Specialist
Perform an unattended installation of Windows 2000 Professional.
Install Windows 2000 Professional by using Windows 2000 Server
Remote Installation Services (RIS).
Remote OS Installation allows systems administrators to use the
Pre-Boot execution Environment (PXE) based remote boot technology
and server-based distribution software to install local copies of
the Windows 2000 Professional operating system on workstations.
PXE
is a remote boot technology based on the Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) .The server that supports Remote Installation
Services (RIS) provides a network shared folder as the source of the
Windows 2000 Professional files.
Remote Installation Server Requirements
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Pentium or Pentium II 200 megahertz (MHz) recommended (166 MHz
minimum).
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64 megabyte (MB) RAM minimum. If additional services such as the
Active Directory, DHCP, and DNS services are installed, the
minimum amount of RAM is 96 or 128 MB.
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2-gigabyte (GB) drive dedicated to the Remote Installation
Service's directory tree on the RIS server.
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10 or 100 megabits per second (Mbps) network adapter card. (100
Mbps preferred.)
- Domain Name
System (DNS Service)
- Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Active
Directory
The drive on the server RIS is installed must be formatted with
NTFS. RIS requires a significant amount of disk space and cannot
be installed on the same drive or partition on which Windows
2000 Server is installed. The drive/partition must contain
enough free space for at least one full set of the Windows 2000
Professional installation files. (approximately 800 MB to 1 GB)
Client Requirements
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Pentium 166 MHz or greater NetPC client computer.
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32 MB of RAM.
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1.2-GB drive minimum
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PXE DHCP-based boot ROM version .99c or greater or a network
adapter supported by the RIS boot floppy or a Remote
Installation Boot Disk
The remote installation boot disk can be used with computers
that do not contain a remote boot-enabled ROM on the network
card. The boot disk is designed to simulate the PXE boot process
for computers that lack a supported DHCP PXE-based remote boot
ROM. The boot disk generator utility is called RBFG.EXE and is
located within the \RemoteInstall\admin directory on every
Remote Installation Server. To create a Remote Installation Boot
Floppy, run the RBFG.exe (E:\RemoteInstall\Admin\i386 \
RBFG.exe ), which will bring up the "Windows 2000 Remote
Boot Disk Generator" dialog box.
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