User's Manual

Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Microsoft

Windows

PE 45

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file in your Windows PE image to remove the text you added in step 1.

NOTE: The RAC configuration file is referred to as the .cfg file in the Dell Remote Access Controller Racadm

User's Guide and the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User’s Guide. See the Dell Remote Access Controller

Racadm User's Guide or the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User’s Guide for additional information about

manually creating a RAC configuration file.

NOTE: Do not replicate the RAC IP address when creating a .cfg file. Replicating the RAC IP address can leave the

system inaccessible because multiple systems are configured with the same IP address.

UPINIT.BAT

UPINIT.BAT is a tool used to create and populate the Dell utility partition.

NOTE: You can use this script to create a new Dell utility partition only if there are no existing partitions on your

hard disk.

You can also use this script to upgrade or downgrade an existing Dell utility partition. Upgrades or

downgrades can be made only to existing Dell utility partitions using the overwrite option.

NOTICE: The existing Dell utility partition should be the first primary partition on the hard disk. Also, the Dell utility

partition must be greater than or equal to 32 MB and less than 2 GB.

For details on the command line arguments to be used for UPINIT.BAT, refer to the Deployment Toolkit

CLI Reference Guide.

Preparing the Operating System Installation Scripts for

Windows PE

The WININST.BAT script is used to install supported Windows operating systems.

WININST.BAT

The WININST.BAT sample script is used to perform an unattended installation of a supported

Windows operating system. The variables and paths must be specified before the operating system can

be installed.

NOTICE: It is strongly recommended that you consult your Windows operating system documentation and

unattended deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the Windows unattended

installation process before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.

The syntax for WININST.BAT is

wininst.bat [W2K|NET]

Choose W2K (default) to install Windows 2000 or NET to install Windows Server 2003.

Utilities Used

WINNT32.EXE — Used to install the operating system in conjunction with the UNATTEND.TXT

answer file.