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overwrite some OS files when doing this (confirm this on a case by case basis). è Note that the wording of the folder names is important to the OS. Do not rename the folders provided in this document. 8. Go to [...]\win2000.pro\i386\templates and select the RISTNDRD.SIF file. 9. In the Windows Explorer menu, click on Edit>Copy>Edit and then Paste. This will create a new menu item under the RIS image interface. 10. Double click on this copy to edit it (users can use Wordpad, located at the bottom of the application list provided for uncommon extensions, such as .sif, to do this). This file is basically a text file, where each paragraph is a section whose name is between [], such as [Data] or [Unattended]. Under the [Unattended] section, modify the "oemPreinstall = no" line to "oemPreinstall = yes". If this line does not exist, simply add "oemPreinstall = yes" instead. 11. Next, add "OemPnPDriversPath = \Drivers\Nic". 12. Look at the end of the file for the section called "[OSChooser]". Look for the line starting with "Description=". Change the string to reflect the changes made since the original install procedure. In this document, the description line is "Description = "Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro - NIC drivers". Remember that this description will appear as a menu item on the RIS client. 13. Save your changes. 31

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overwrite some OS files when doing this (confirm this on a case
by case basis).
±
Note that the wording of the folder names is important to
the OS. Do not rename the folders provided in this document.
8. Go to
[…]\win2000.pro\i386\templates
and select
the
RISTNDRD.SIF file
.
9. In the Windows Explorer menu, click on
Edit>Copy>Edit
and then
Paste
. This will create a new menu item under
the RIS image interface.
10. Double click on this copy to edit it (users can use
Wordpad, located at the bottom of the application list
provided for uncommon extensions, such as .sif, to do
this). This file is basically a text file, where each
paragraph is a section whose name is between [], such as
[Data] or [Unattended].
Under the [Unattended] section, modify the
oemPreinstall = no
” line to “
oemPreinstall = yes
”.
If this line does not exist, simply add “
oemPreinstall =
yes
” instead.
11. Next, add “
OemPnPDriversPath = \Drivers\Nic
”.
12. Look at the end of the file for the section called
"
[OSChooser]
". Look for the line starting with
"
Description=
". Change the string to reflect the changes
made since the original install procedure. In this
document, the description line is “Description = “Microsoft
Windows 2000 Pro – NIC drivers”. Remember that this
description will appear as a menu item on the RIS client.
13. Save your changes.
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