Installing from a network, Installing from a network -18 – National Instruments Two-Slot Embedded Controller NI PXI-8183 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installation and Configuration

NI PXI-8183 User Manual

2-18

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Installing from a Network

Complete the following steps to install an OS from a network:

1.

Create a network bootdisk. (Refer to the

readme.txt

file in the

netboot

folder on your OS installation CD.)

2.

Use another PC on the network with a CD-ROM drive. Share the drive
and load the OS installation CD.

3.

Boot your NI PXI-8183 using the network boot disk.

4.

Run the net utility from the

a:

drive. Map the shared CD-ROM

(for example, drive

z:

).

5.

Run

winnt.exe

from the

\os\i386

directory.

Notes

To launch the installation in unattended mode, type:

z:\os\i386\winnt.exe /u:z:\os\pxi8180.txt /s:z:\os\i386

For additional assistance with installing or changing an operating system, refer to
KnowledgeBase 2ZKC02OK at

ni.com/support

.

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