HP LH4r Installing Microsoft MS-DOS on an HP Netserver

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HP NetServer

MS-DOS Installation Guide

NOTICE: The information in this document was last updated for the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM version

L.20.00. If you don’t have the L.20.00 version CD-ROM and you’re obtaining this document from the HP NetServer

web site as a reference to install an operating system, be sure to also check the HP NetServer web site for the latest

available drivers.

'Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company

January 20, 2001

This document presents the most important information that you need to install MS-DOS.

The first part of this document is a list of helpful tips on MS-DOS installation, the second

part is a step-by-step installation guide.

Create a DOS Partition

Before beginning the NOS installation, you must create a DOS boot partition. To do this,

boot the server from a DOS diskette and use FDISK to generate a bootable, active,

primary DOS partition.

The DOS partition should be large enough to contain all the desired files, including

required DOS and NOS files, as well as potential utilities (such as NetServer Assistant),

and possible core dumps. You don’t want to sacrifice any more space than is needed from

your NOS partition, but consider at least a 20-50 MB DOS partition.

Installing MS-DOS

These instructions describe installing the MS-DOS IDE drivers.

Requirements

To install the HP NetServer embedded IDE controller MS-DOS driver, you need the

following:

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HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM to generate DOS IDE drivers.

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A blank, formatted diskette

Assumptions

Your HP NetServer hardware, including the embedded IDE CD-ROM and SCSI hard

disk drives, must already be configured using the ISA Configuration Utility.