Chapter 2Installation and ImplementationIn This Chapter Making Windows 2000 Server setup disks Installing Windows 2000 Server Using alternate Windows 2000 Server installation methods Completing Windows 2000 Server implementation tasks Deploying a Windows 2000 Server test labPerhaps you’ve already raced ahead and installed Windows 2000 Serveron your machine. If so, is this chapter for you? You bet it is. Why? For a couple of reasons. First, have you ever reached the end of a journey orprocess and decided that if you had the chance to do it over again, youwould do it differently? You bet! This chapter provides a fresh perspective oninstalling Windows 2000 Server and is perhaps that missing viewpoint you’vebeen seeking to confront your existing Windows 2000 Server installation.I also wrote this chapter assuming that, with one or two Windows 2000Server installations under your belt, you can benefit from another lookat the installation process so that you might make both major and minorcourse corrections in your future Windows 2000 Server installations.Perhaps you’ve already learned a thing or two from your initial Windows2000 Server installations. Might I be so bold as to suggest that spending afew hours with this chapter will allow you to learn even more? For example,my painfully detailed installation steps enable you to readily see points offailure should you have a Windows 2000 Server installation go south on ya.If you’re new to Windows 2000 Server, this chapter is mandatory reading. Infact, to the extent time allows, read this chapter before installing Windows2000 Server. Like a sailor who studies his charts before casting off, you won’tbe learning your map while you are under sail. It’s truly a case of properpreparation to prevent poor performance.4620-1 ch02.f.qc 10/28/99 11:55 AM Page 19Creating Windows 2000 Server Setup DisksThe first step in the Windows 2000 Server setup process is to useMAKEBOOT.EXE to create the four setup disks. This program is found in theMAKEBOOT folder on the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM.You will need to run MAKEBOOT.EXE from an existing machine running a 32-bitoperating system such as Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional,Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 98, or Windows 95.The point is that you clearly can’t run MAKEBOOT.EXE on a new machine thatyou haven’t installed Windows 2000 Server on, because that is the goal youare seeking to reach in this chapter!STEPS:To make Windows 2000 setup disksStep 1. From a command prompt or Run dialog box, launchMAKEBOOT.EXE.Step 2. You will see the following text. When asked about which floppydrive to copy the image to, enter the appropriate drive letter, suchas A or B. When entering the drive letter, there is no need to entera colon (:), even though that is the standard convention usedwhen communicating a drive letter (for example, A:). Hit Enter.This program creates the setup boot disks for Microsoft Windows 2000.To create these disks, you need to provide four blank, formatted,high-density disks.Please specify the floppy drive to copy the image to:Step 3. You will be prompted to insert four disks that will become theWindows 2000 Server setup boot disk and disks 2, 3, and 4,respectively. You will be prompted by the following on-screen menus.Insert one of these disks into drive A:. This disk will become theWindows 2000 Setup Boot Disk. Press any key when you are ready. Insert one of these disks into drive A:. This disk will become theWindows 2000 Disk #2. Press any key when you are ready.Insert one of these disks into drive A:. This disk will become theWindows 2000 Disk #3. Press any key when you are ready.Insert one of these disks into drive A:. This disk will become theWindows 2000 Disk #4. Press any key when you are ready.You are now ready to start the Windows 2000 Server setup process.20 Part I: Introduction, Planning, Setup, and Implementation■ ■4620-1 ch02.f.qc 10/28/99 11:55 AM Page 20The old way (that is, in Windows NT Server 4.0) of making setup disks, usingWinnt.exe, no longer works with Windows 2000 Server. You must use theMAKEBOOT.EXE approach.Windows 2000 Server Setup ProcessThe big moment has arrived. Essentially, you will do a four-floppy swap,insert a CD-ROM, reboot a couple of times and everything is complete. Right?Well, sorta. By strict definition, you could say, at this point you’ve set upWindows 2000 Server. But of course, so much more awaits you, such as thematters discussed over the next several hundred pages of this book. But firstthings first. Let’s install Windows 2000 Server by following the next 40 steps(literally).The Windows 2000 Server installation can be divided into three majorcategories: character-based setup, graphical user interface (GUI) setup, andthe configuration phase (see Figure 2-1). These three phases can be mappedto the different steps you are about to undertake, as seen in Table 2-1.Figure 2-1: Overview of Windows 2000 Server installationTable 2-1 Windows 2000 Server Setup PhasesPhase SectionCharacter-based Setup Section A GUI Setup Section B Configuration Section C Windows 2000Server - GUISetup BootDisk 1SetupDisk 2SetupDisk 3SetupDisk 4Windows 2000Server CD-ROMDiscCharacter-basedSetupGUI-basedSetupConfigurationWindows 2000 Server Setup TimelineWindows 2000Server - ConfigurationChapter 2: Installation and Implementation 21■ ■4620-1 ch02.f.qc 10/28/99 11:55 AM Page 21STEPS:Section A—Character-based setupStep 1. Be sure that your machine is ready for the installation of Windows2000 Server: All hardware components are attached. You havecreated any background system partitions (for example, DellServer Assistant and its utility partition). You’ve installed anetwork adapter card. Your machine is attached to a network. Thepower cable is attached to the machine. Perhaps mostimportantly, the drive boot order is such that the machine willboot from drive A: (which is where I’m assuming you will placeyour Windows 2000 Server setup floppy disks).Step 2. Insert the Windows 2000 Server boot disk in the floppy drive andturn on the power to the machine. The machine will boot fromthis diskette. You will see the following message:Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration.Step 3. The Windows 2000 Setup screen appears. It is a blue-colored,character-based setup screen with the words “Windows 2000Setup” in white text in the upper left-hand corner. Note this is a“good” blue screen, not