Installing Windows NT Server on Magnia without using Server Setup Tools (SST)



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Posted Date: 2003-05-28

 

Last Updated: 2003-05-28

 

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Issue
This Tech Note gives a brief step by step procedure on how to manually install Microsoft Windows NT Server v4.0 on a Toshiba Magnia 3000/5000/7000 server without using the Server Setup Tools (SST).
Resolution

You can choose 1 of 3 different installation methods depending on the appropriate method required for your particular installation:

  1. Installing NT using the three NT Setup Disks w/CD
  2. Installing NT using a “Bootable” NT Setup CD
  3. Installing NT using the WINNT /X /B method
    NOTE: This document assumes the User has already properly configured the RAID Sub-system with a Logical Drive.

A Installing NT using the three NT setup disks w/CD

A-1 Required items needed before you start:

  • NT Setup Disks 1, 2 and 3 w/CD - To create the three NT Setup Diskettes from the NT CD, follow the steps below:
    1. Insert the NT CD in a system that already has Win95 or WinNT installed
    2. Open a DOS window and change to the \i386 on the CD
    3. Type: WINNT32 /OX <enter>
    4. Press the “Continue” button
    5. WINNT32 will prompt you to insert a blank formatted diskette.
    6. The Diskettes will be created in reverse order. First Disk 3 then Disk2 then Disk1.
    7. Label the diskettes
  • Intel PRO100+ (82558) Drivers Diskette - To create the PRO100+ Drivers Disk from the Server Setup Tool (SST) CD do the following:
    1. Insert the SST CD in a system that already has Win95 or WinNT installed.
    2. The SST Main Menu should automatically start. If not, double click on the drive letter for the CD.
    3. Click on “Utilities” from the SST “Main Menu”.
    4. Click on “Creating FDs” from the “Utilities” menu.
    5. Select the “Intel LAN Windows NT/NetWare” option and clcik on “OK”
    6. Insert a blank diskette in the drive and press “OK”
    7. Press “Y” at the DOS Dialog Box.
    8. After the disk is created, label the disk.
  • AMI MegaRAID Drivers Diskette (RAID Systems only. The Diskette should be included in the option kit)

A-2 Starting the NT Installation Process

  1. Power on the system and insert NT Setup Disk 1 and the NT Setup CD.
  2. The system will boot off the Setup Disk.
  3. After approximately 1 minute, NT will request the user to insert “Setup Disk 2”
  4. After approximately 1 more minute, the “Windows NT Server Setup” window will be displayed.
  5. Press “Enter” to continue. (Setup Windows NT now)
  6. Press “Enter” to continue. (Setup will attempt to detect mass storage devices)
  7. When prompted, insert “Setup Disk 3” and press “Enter”
  8. NT should detect the “Symbios Logic C810 PCI SCSI Host Adapter” (not applicable if using a “Zero Channel” RAID controller)
  9. If the system contains a AMI MegaRAID Adapter you will need to install the AMI MegaRAID drivers during NT setup using the following the steps:
    a. Press “S” to specify additional devices.
    b. Select “Other (Requires disk provided by Hardware Manufacturer)” and press “Enter”.
    c. Insert the AMI MegaRAID Drivers for NT diskette that came with system (Updated drivers may be available on Toshiba’s Website). Press “Enter” to continue.
    d. Select the “MegaRAID NT SCSI Driver” option and press “Enter” to continue.
    e. NT Setup should now display both the Symbios Logic Driver and the MegaRAID
    driver in the Installed SCSI Adapter Window.
    f. Install “NT Setup Disk 3” and press “Enter” to continue setup.
  10. If the System does NOT contain a AMI MegaRAID, then go to:
    A-2 Manual installation of Windows NT

A-3 Manual Installation Of Windows NT

  1. Setup will display a window stating “Setup has determined that one or more of your hard disks has more than 1024 cylinders.” Press “Enter” to continue.
  2. For new HD’s, Setup will display a window stating “To continue Setup, Press C. WARNING: Any data currently on your computer’s startup hard disk will be permanently lost.” Press “C” to continue.
  3. Setup will display the “Windows NT License Agreement” Press the “Page Down” key 13 times to move to the bottom of the agreement. Press “F8” to continue.
  4. For systems with an existing Windows NT Directory, Setup will display a screen with the following options:
    - “To upgrade Windows NT in the directory shown above, press ENTER.”
    - “To cancel upgrade and install a fresh copy of Windows NT, press N.”
  5. Press “N” to install a fresh copy of Windows NT.
  6. Setup will display a window showing your systems basic configuration. Select “The above list matches my computer” and press “Enter” to continue.
  7. Setup will display the “Create Partition” window.
    NOTE: The User has the option of creating a primary partition of at least 300MB and up to 8GB for NTFS or 2048MB for FAT. In this example we will use a 2048MB FAT for the primary partition as FAT offers greater flexibility.

    WINNT /X /B NOTE: If performing the “WINNT /X /B Installation” procedure, then go to “Installing Windows NT with the WINNT /X /B method (Step 12)”.
  8. If a partition already exist, highlight the partition and press “D” to delete it.
  9. Press “Enter” to continue deleting the partition.
  10. Press “L” to confirm deletion.
  11. Press “C” to create a partition.
  12. Enter 2048 in the “Partition Size” field and press “Enter” to continue.
  13. Press “Enter” to install NT on the highlighted Partition.
  14. Select “Format the partition using the FAT File System” and press “Enter” to continue.
  15. After Setup finishes formatting the drive, press “Enter” to select the default Directory for installation. (C:\WINNT)
  16. Press “Enter” to allow setup to perform a secondary examination of the hard drives.
  17. Setup will now copy files to your hard drive.
  18. If the system contains an AMI MegaRAID Adapter, then insert the MegaRAID Drivers Disk when prompted to (if it is not already inserted) and press “Enter” to continue.
  19. Setup will continue copying files to your hard drive.
  20. After Setup finishes copying files, Setup will report “This portion of Setup has completed successfully.” Eject the floppy disk and press “Enter” to reboot the system.
    NOTE: If performing the “Bootable Windows NT CD Installation” do the follow- ing to Disable the CD-ROM Boot Option in CMOS otherwise skip to 21..
    a. Reset the system and when prompted to, press “F2” to enter CMOS Setup.
    (The bottom of the screen should read “Entering Setup”)
    b. Select the “Boot” menu from the tool bar.
    c. Select “Boot Device Priority” and press “Enter”.
    d. Highlight the “Toshiba CD-ROM” item and press the “-“ key to move the item to the bottom of the list.
    e. Press the “ESC” key two times and select “Exit Saving Changes” from the menu. Press “Enter”
    f. Press “Enter” again at the “Saving Setup Confirmation” window.
    g. The system should reset.
    h. Continue with step 21..
  21. After the system boots off the hard drive, Setup will display an Information window.
    Click on “Next” to continue.
  22. Enter the User Name and Organization and click on “Next” to continue.
  23. Enter the CD Key and click on “Next” to continue.
    Note: The CD Key should be printed on the NT Manual.
  24. Select the Licensing Mode and click on “Next” to continue. (select either “Per Server or “Per Seat”)
  25. Enter a name for this computer in the “Computer Name” box and click on “Next” to continue.
  26. Select one of the following options:
    - Primary Domain Controller
    - Backup Domain Controller
    - Stand-Alone Server (Used in this example)
  27. Click on “Next” to continue.
  28. Enter the “Administrator Account” password and click on “Next” to continue.
  29. At the “Emergency Repair Disk” window, select “No, do not create an emergency repair disk” and click on “Next” to continue. (The Repair Disk should be created later using the RDISK utility after further configuration and the Service packs have been installed).
  30. At the “Select Components” window, click on “Next” to continue. (These components can be added or removed later by using the “ADD/Remove Programs” applet in “Control Panel”)
  31. At the “Install Network Components” window, click on “Next” to continue.
  32. Select “This computer will participate on a Network” and “Wired to the Network options. Click on “Next” to continue.
  33. Uncheck the “Install Microsoft Internet Information Server” box and click on “Next” to continue. (This option can be installed later after NT installation)
  34. At the “Network Adapters” window, click on “Select from list”.
  35. Click on the “Have Disk” button.
  36. Insert the “Intel PRO100+ Drivers” disk in the floppy drive and click “OK” to continue.
  37. Select the “Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter” item and click on “OK” to continue.
  38. The “Network Adapters” window should read “Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter” Click on “Next” to continue.
  39. At the “Network Protocols” window, Select any combination of the following:
    - TCP/IP Protocol
    - NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport
    - NetBEUI Protocol
    Note: In this example we will select all of the above protocols
  40. Click on “Next” to continue.
  41. At the “Network Services” window, click on “Next” to continue.
  42. At the “Windows NT is now ready to install Networking components” window, click on “Next” to continue.
  43. At the “Adapter Properties” window, click on “OK”.
  44. If the TCP/IP Protocol was selected in the previous steps, do the following:
    Configuring TCP/IP
    To configure TCP/IP Settings, follow the steps below:
    a. If this server will be installed on a network with a DHCP server, click on “YES” at the “Use a DHCP Server to configure TCP/IP settings?”
    window and then go to step 45, otherwise, click on “NO” and proceed to b.
    b. Enter the appropriate TCP/IP Properties at the “TCP/IP Properties” window.
    (NOTE: Only an Octal IP address such as 123.123.123.123 is required for NT to continue installation)
    c. Click on “OK” to continue then go to step 45.
  45. At the “Network Bindings” window, click on “Next” to continue.
  46. At the “NT is now ready to start the Network” window, click on “Next” to continue. (DHCP Errors?)
  47. At the “Workgroup/Domain” window, type in the name of the Workgroup or Domain that this server will belong to. Click on “Next” to continue.
  48. At the “Finishing Setup” window, click on “Finish” to continue.
  49. At the “Date/Time Properties” window, select the appropriate Date, Time and Time Zone. Click on “Close” to continue.
  50. At the “Display Properties” window, click “OK” to accept the detected Cirrus compatible adapter.
  51. Click on the “Test” button and “Ok” to begin the Test.
  52. At the “Did you see the test bitmap correctly?” dialog box, click on “Yes” to continue. Note: if the default video mode of 640x480x256x60Hz did not appear correctly, try reducing the Refresh Rate to 56Hz or the Color Depth to 16 Colors
  53. Click on “OK” to save the display settings.
  54. Click on “OK” to close the “Display Properties” window and continue.
  55. Setup will copy more files to the hard drive.
  56. After setup finishes copying files, remove the “Intel PRO100+ Drivers” disk and click on the “Restart Computer” button to reboot the system.
  57. This completes the basic installation of Windows NT.

A-4 Post Windows NT Installation Setup and Configuration:
· Install Service Pack 3 for Windows NT v4.0
· Install the MegaRAID Console to manage the RAID Subsystem

B Installing NT using a “Bootable” NT Setup CD
NOTE: this installation method is not supported on the AMI MegaRAID 742 “Zero Channel” controller as of 10/7/98)

B-1 Required items needed before you start:

  • Windows NT Setup CD.
  • Intel PRO100+ (82558) Drivers Diskette - To create the PRO100+ Drivers Disk from the Server Setup Tool (SST) CD do the following:
  1. Insert the SST CD in a system that already has Win95 or WinNT installed.
  2. The SST Main Menu should automatically start. If not, double click on the drive letter for the CD.
  3. Click on “Utilities” from the SST “Main Menu”.
  4. Click on “Creating FDs” from the “Utilities” menu.
  5. Select the “Intel LAN Windows NT/NetWare” option and clcik on “OK”
  6. Insert a blank diskette in the drive and press “OK”
  7. Press “Y” at the DOS Dialog Box.
  8. After the disk is created, label the disk.
  • AMI MegaRAID Drivers Diskette (RAID Systems only. The Diskette should be included in the option kit)

B-2 Starting the NT Installation Process

  1. Power On or Reset the system and when prompted to, press “F2” to enter CMOS Setup. (The bottom of the screen should read “Entering Setup”)
  2. Select the “Boot” menu from the tool bar.
  3. Select “Boot Device Priority” and press “Enter”.
  4. Highlight the “Toshiba CD-ROM” item and press the “+“ key to move the item to the top of the list.
  5. Press the “ESC” key two times and select “Exit Saving Changes” from the menu. Press “Enter”
  6. Press “Enter” again at the “Saving Setup Confirmation” window.
  7. While the system is resetting, insert the Windows NT Setup CD.

    Note: If the system contains an AMI MegaRAID Controller, use:
    "B-3 Forcing Auto-Detection of the AMI MegaRAID during Windows NT Setup"
  8. At the “Welcome to Setup” screen, press “Enter” to continue.
  9. Verify that the appropriate SCSI drivers are installed and press “Enter” to continue.
  10. Go to "A-3 Manual Installation Of Windows NT"

B-3 Forcing Auto-Detection of the AMI MegaRAID during Windows NT Setup.
To force Windows NT to auto-detect the MegaRAID controller during Setup, follow the steps below:

  1. Press the “F6” Key immediately after the system begins to boot while the Setup screen reports “Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration…”
  2. Setup will display a screen that will allow the User to specify additional adapter drivers to load support for during the auto-detection phase of Setup. Press the “S” key to specify additional devices.
  3. Select “Other” from the menu and press “Enter” to continue.
  4. Insert the AMI MegaRAID Drivers” diskette and press “Enter” to continue.
  5. Select the “MegaRAID NT SCSI Driver” and press “Enter” to continue.
    NOTE: If performing the “WINNT /X /B Installation” method and the system does NOT have a “Zero Channel” controller such as the AMI MR-742, then perform the two steps below. Otherwise, continue to step 6.
    - Press the “S” key again to specify additional adapters.
    - Select the “Symbios Logic C810 Adapter” and press “Enter” to continue.
  6. Press “Enter” again to continue NT Setup.
  7. Return
    - B-2 "Starting the NT Installation Process - Step 8" or
    - C-2 "Starting the NT Installation Process - Step 9".

C Installing Windows NT with the WINNT /X /B method

An alternate method to install Windows NT when either the “Floppy Setup Disks w/CD” or the “Bootable CD Setup” is not possible is to create a DOS bootable diskette with DOS CDROM Drivers. Booting off this diskette allows you to access the files on the Windows NT Setup CD. By changing to the i386 directory on the CD (such as d:\i386) you can launch a manual installation of Windows NT using the following command line from DOS: WINNT/X/B
Note: It is also possible to copy all the files from the i386 directory on the CD to the hard drive and then initiate Windows NT Setup from the hard drive.

IMPORTANT: The target hard drive must be partitioned and formatted with a FAT file system (such as DOS) in order for WINNT /X /B to be used.

C-1 Required items needed before you start:

  • Windows NT Setup CD.
  • Intel PRO100+ (82558) Drivers Diskette - To create the PRO100+ Drivers Disk from the Server Setup Tool (SST) CD do the following:
  1. Insert the SST CD in a system that already has Win95 or WinNT installed.
  2. The SST Main Menu should automatically start. If not, double click on the drive letter for the CD.
  3. Click on “Utilities” from the SST “Main Menu”.
  4. Click on “Creating FDs” from the “Utilities” menu.
  5. Select the “Intel LAN Windows NT/NetWare” option and clcik on “OK”
  6. Insert a blank diskette in the drive and press “OK”
  7. Press “Y” at the DOS Dialog Box.
  8. After the disk is created, label the disk.
  • AMI MegaRAID Drivers Diskette (RAID Systems only. The Diskette should be included in the option kit)

C-2 Starting the NT Installation Process
To install Windows NT with the WINNT /X /B method, follow the steps below.

  1. Insert the “Toshiba MS-DOS Boot Disk” into the floppy drive and turn on the system.
  2. At the A:\ command prompt, change to the CDROM at Z:\.
  3. Change to the i386 directory on the CD.
  4. Type the following command followed by “Enter”
  5. Winnt /x /b
  6. Press “Enter” at the “Source File Location” screen.
  7. Setup will copy files to your hard drive.
  8. After Setup completes copying, remove the DOS Diskette and press “Enter” to reboot.
    Note: If the system contains an AMI MegaRAID Controller, then go to:
    "B-3 Forcing Auto-Detection of the AMI MegaRAID during Windows NT Setup"
  9. At the “Welcome to Setup” screen, press “Enter” to continue.
  10. Verify that the appropriate SCSI drivers are installed and press “Enter” to continue.
  11. Go to A-3 "Manual Installation Of Windows NT - Step 1.
  12. At the “Create Partition” screen, press “Enter” to install NT on the highlighted partition.
  13. At the “Format Partition” screen, select “Leave the current file system intact (No Changes)” menu item and press “Enter” to continue.
  14. Go to A-3 "Manual Installation Of Windows NT - Step 1.
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