Installing the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services

Installing the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services

The following instructions help you install, configure, and use the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services.
Install Remote Installation Services

1. On a Windows 2000 Server, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
   
2. Double-click Add/Remote Programs.
   
3. Double-click Add/Remove Windows Components.
   
   
4. Scroll down and select Remote Installation Services and Click Next.
   
5. Insert the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM into the CD drive and click OK . The necessary files are copied to the server.
   Note: After the CD is entered, a dialog box asks if you want to upgrade to the operating system. Click No and exit this screen.
   
6. Click Finish to end the wizard.
   
7. You are prompted to restart your computer. Click Yes.
   
8. When the server is done rebooting, logon as a local administrator.
   

To set up Remote Installation Services

1. Click Start, click Run, and type RISetup.exe. This starts the Remote Installation Services (RIS) Setup wizard.
   
2. The Welcome screen appears, indicating some of the requirements to successfully install RIS. Click Next.
   
3. The next screen prompts you to enter the server drive and directory where you would like to install the RIS files. The default drive and directory will be the largest non-system, non-boot, NTFS-formatted drive. In our example, this would be E:\RemoteInstall. Click Next.
   Note: The drive on which you choose to install RIS must be formatted with the NTFS file system. RIS requires a significant amount of disk space and cannot be installed on the same drive or partition on which Windows 2000 Server is installed. Ensure that the chosen drive contains enough free disk space for at least one full Windows 2000 Professional compact disc —a minimum of approximately 800 MB–1GB.
   The setup wizard prompts you to either enable RIS at the end of setup, or disable the service to allow modification of specific server options before servicing client computers. These options are:
   
   • Respond to clients requesting service. This option controls whether this RIS server responds to client computers requesting service at the end of setup. If this option is checked, the server will respond to clients and provide them with OS installation options. If unchecked, this RIS server will not respond to clients requesting service.
     
   • Do not respond to unknown client computers. This option controls whether this server responds to unknown client computers requesting a remote installation server. A client computer is known if a managed computer account object exists for it within Active Directory. This allows the administrator to offer only authorized—that is, pre-staged within the Active Directory—computers the OS installation options from this RIS server. This setting also provides support for multiple Remote Boot or Install servers from different vendors on one physical network. For example, if another vendor's remote install/boot server exists on the same network as the RIS server, you cannot control which server answers the client computer's request. Setting this option and pre-staging client computers ensures that this RIS server will service only pre-staged client computers.
     
4. For the purpose of this guide, select Respond to client computers requesting service and click Next.
   
5. The setup wizard prompts you for the location of the Windows 2000 Professional installation files. RIS supports the remote installation of Windows 2000 Professional only. Insert the Windows 2000 Professional CD into the server's CD drive and type the drive letter containing the CD (or browse to a network share that contains the installation source files). Click Next.
   
6. The wizard prompts you to enter the directory name that will contain the workstation files on the RIS server. This directory is created beneath the directory specified in Step 3 above. The directory name should reflect its contents—for example, Win2000.pro. Click Next to accept the default name of win2000.pro.
   
7. You are prompted for a friendly description and help text that describes this OS image. The friendly description and help text is displayed to users or IT staff during the client installation wizard (OSChooser) at initial startup on a remote client. For example, if this workstation OS will be tailored to sales staff, then a friendly description might be "Windows 2000 Professional for Sales Staff." The help text is displayed when the user selects the description within the Client Installation wizard. Make sure you provide clear help text to your users, to ensure that they choose the correct OS option at installation time. For this exercise, click Next to accept the default name of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
   
8. At this point, you are presented with a summary screen indicating the choices you have made. Click Finish to confirm your choices. Once the installation wizard completes, you are ready to either service client computers, or additionally configure the RIS settings.
   Wait while the wizard installs the service and settings you have selected. This takes several minutes. When it is finished, a screen appears as in Figure 1 below:
   
   
   Figure 1: Completed RIS installation.
9. Click Done.