Installing the Operating System with Express Setup
Express Setup uses "Configuration Diskette". The Configuration Diskette is a floppy disk that includes the configuration information for the server setup used in the automatic installation mode. Express Setup will perform all the process of the setup using the information in the floppy disk. During this procedure, you do not have to be in front of the Express server to confirm the state of the setup. Also, using the same Configuration Diskette used before allows you to
Express Setup includes two types of installation method.
Quick start
Quick start uses the Configuration Diskette that the configuration parameters for server setup are
Normal start
Normal start is to create the Configuration Diskette after starting the Express Setup.
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Use the blank disk in the accessory box to create Configuration Diskette.
You can create Configuration Diskette in advance using "Configuration Diskette Creator" included in
NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
If you create Configuration Diskette in advance, you can abbreviate the items that is necessary to input or select during
Express Setup. (You can also create or modify the setup information restored in Configuration Diskette during Express Setup.) If you have a computer other than NEC Express servers that is running with Windows 95/98, Windows NT 3.51 or later, or Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003, we recommend you to edit setup information from the computer in advance using Configuration Diskette Creator.
For more information on how to create Configuration Diskette using
Configuration Diskette Creator, see Chapter 6.
