Assumptions; High Level Overview Of The Process; Conventions - Compaq Armada 110 Deployment Manual

Compaq Guide to PC Deployment

Assumptions

The following assumptions are made in this paper:
You understand how to create a network boot diskette used to access the Microsoft Windows 95
installation share.
You understand or can locate information on how to configure the non-hardware specific portions of
Microsoft Windows 95 for your specific installation (i.e. networking configuration, optional
components, etc.)
You know what hardware must be supported.
You can access the Web and download the appropriate SoftPAQs containing the device driver software
from http://www.compaq.com/support.
The deployment team has access to the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit.
Each client computer has a licensed copy of Windows 95.

High level overview of the process

The following steps outline the network installation process:
1. Copy the operating system software to the server.
2. Download all of the necessary device drivers (SoftPAQs) from the Compaq Web site at
http://www.compaq.com/support.
3. Install device drivers in MSBATCH.INF and CUSTOM.INF scripts. (This paper provides more
detailed information on this step in the process.)
4. Set up a network share for the installation files. (Referred to throughout this paper as the installation
share.)
5. Boot the client computer.
6. Copy the operating system and device drivers from the installation share to the client computer.
7. Run Setup on the client computer.

Conventions

In this paper, generic drive letters are used to represent actual drive letters. The following
conventions are used where drive letters are specified:
A:\ = Bootable diskette drive
C:\ = Local hard drive where Windows 95 will be installed
D:\ = CD-ROM drive
N:\ = Drive letter mapped to a network share
Installation Share refers to the location on a network drive where the Windows 95 operating
system files that will be deployed exist.
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