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2.
Insert the Support CD into the optical media drive. By default, the Support CD automatically runs
and displays the welcome page. However, if this does not occur, double-click the Startup.htm file
located on the root directory of the Support CD.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions to create the Windows NOS driver diskette.
4.
Label, date, and save the driver diskette as HP disk [Windows NOS version].
Section2. Installing Windows NOS
1.
Boot the server from the Windows NOS CD-ROM.
The Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration message displays; then the Setup screen
displays.
The message prompts press
F6
if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID controller is
displayed briefly on the bottom of the Setup screen.
Press
F6
if you want to install a third party controller; otherwise, proceed to step 2.
NOTE:
If you missed pressing
F6
before the message is invalidated, you need to reboot the system
to display the message prompt again.
2.
Follow the procedures corresponding to the type of hard disk that is installed in the server.
3.
At the Welcome to Setup screen, press
Enter
to continue.
4.
Press
F8
to accept the licensing agreement.
5.
At the drives partitioning screen, select the target drive.
If you want to use the entire drive to install the Windows NOS, press
Enter
. Otherwise, press
C
to create a drive partition.
NOTE:
Windows Server 2003 does not have the 2-GB limitation present in Windows NT 4.0.
6.
In this example, we will create a 10-GB partition.
7.
Press
C
to create a partition.
8.
At the Create partition size prompt, type 10240, then press
Enter
.
9.
Select unpartitioned space and press C again to create additional partitions. HP recommends
that you create all the partitions needed for each hard drive present on your system.
10.
Select the target drive to be used to install the Windows NOS, then press
Enter
.
11.
On the next screen, select Format the partition using the NTFS file system, then press
Enter
.
12.
The installer formats and copies files to the hard drive, after which the system reboots and
launches the Windows NOS graphic interface. Be sure to remove the Windows NOS CD-ROM
before rebooting.
13.
You can now customize your installation using the graphical interface.
NOTE:
The network settings may need to be customized to your environment. Refer to the Windows
NOS manual should you need further details on the networking settings.
14.
After completing the customization phase, click
Next
to proceed with the installation.
15.
The installation status is indicated by the Install Network progress bar. This may take some time.
After the installation is completed, the system automatically reboots.
16.
At the Welcome to Windows dialog box, press Ctrl-Alt-Del, then log on as Administrator.
