Improvements to NTCompatible

[DosFreak 2]

Is there any way to add a percentage of how many progs/hardware work for each os? Mabye a percentage on the main page.

 

For instance the user logs on and see's that

of all the software/hardware logged at NTCompatible that:

 

85% Games work in Windows 2000

40% Games work in NT4

 

......

 

Just a thought.....

[clutch 1]

I would like to see a "how-to" section for setting things up, like WINS, DNS, creating users, basic networking, slipstreaming, etc. Most of it could be comprised of existing posts with a little bit of editing.

 

The percentage idea would be kind of neat too. It would be nice to see a running total/percentage of apps that do work vs those that don't.

 

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clutch

[EddiE314 0]

yea, clutch is on the right track, i'd like to see articles/how-to's on RAM/Pagefile optimizations and such.

 

 

 

[This message has been edited by EddiE314 (edited 28 March 2001).]

[Brian Frank 0]

Multi-boot, baby! Definitely multi-boot.

[Philipp 6]

Quote:

Is there any way to add a percentage of how many progs/hardware work for each os? Mabye a percentage on the main page.

Maybe. There will be alot changes during the next month

Quote:

I would like to see a "how-to" section for setting things up, like WINS, DNS, creating users, basic networking, slipstreaming, etc. Most of it could be comprised of existing posts with a little bit of editing.

Unfortunately I am to busy for that but maybe someone other (you?) like to write those how-to's . Let me know.

[clutch 1]

I can write a few. Would you like them sent to you in HTML, word doc, or just text?

 

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clutch

[Philipp 6]

Thanks clutch . HTML is fine.

[Moniker 0]

I am capable of writing howto's as well if you need extra help.

[clutch 1]

No Problem. If you have any, you can send them to me if you like at clutch@driventechnologies.com and I can post them for review. I am going to try and dig up some of the better responses to posts in the past and see if we can build a listing of answers to popular questions. If you have any nominations, just post the links here. Otherwise you can just send me your files as attachments, and I will put up a link as I get them. Once we get a basic format setup, we can hand them to Philipp so they will be housed here at ntcompatible. How's that sound?

 

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clutch

[DosFreak 2]

Sweet. Too bad I have too little time to write stuff up. I'll try tho.

[clutch 1]

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DosFreak:
Sweet. Too bad I have too little time to write stuff up. I'll try tho.</font>

You don't necessarily have to. You, and some others, have had some great posts in the past that would work well in a FAQ (like "how do I 'slipstream' a Win2K CD?). If you can give me the link to that post, I can copy the original question and the best answer(s) that were given.

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clutch

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

....this sounds really cool!!!

I cant wait to see it up.

Good luck guys!

 

EDIT

Seeing as though its starting again ... I could do something after next week. I have learned a hell of alot after being on the board and being at school.

/EDIT

[Four and Twenty 0]

1. Copy the Windows 2000 CD to your HD.

4. Extract Sp1network.exe to a subdirectory.

5. Go to the Update directory in the extracted SP1 directory.

6. Make a batch file called update.bat and place these lines into it:

update.exe -s:F:\W2PSEL_EN

 

What update.exe looks for is the i386 directory. So change the F:\ to reflect the drive that has

the i386 directory from the Windows 2000 CD. W2PSEL_EN is just the directory where the i386 directory

resides. In case your wondering why mine is different it's because I have the SELECT version.

7. Save the batch file and run it.

8. It should update your files and it will tell you when it is done. If it doesn't then you have done

something wrong.

9. Download CDRWIN from www.goldenhawk.com

10. Get the CD-ROM boot sector and CD Marker files from here:

http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/neededfiles.zip

 

11. Place the appropriate files from neededfiles.zip into the root directory of the copied CD.

 

Place CDROM_NT.5 into the root of the CD.

Place:

 

CDROM_IP.5 - If you are doing 2000 PRO then place this into the root.

CDROM_IS.5 - If you are doing 2000 SERVER then place this into the root.

CDROM_IA.5 - If you are doing 2000 ADVANCED SERVER then place this into the root.

 

12. The root of the CD should now have these files:

 

Autorun.inf

cdrom_iX.5

cdrom_nt.5

read1st.txt

readme.doc

setup.exe

 

13. Open CDRWIN and choose the File Backup and Tools option

14. In the BACKUP/TOOL Operation Choose the Build an ISO9660 Image File

15. in FILE BACKUP List click the DIRECTORY button and choose the directory where you copied the

Windows 2000 CD. Click OK. Then click the ADD button. You should see the directory in the big box now.

16. Check the INCLUDE HIDDEN FILES,LONG FILENAMES(JOLIET),INCLUDE SYSTEM FILES,RECURSE SUBDIRECTORIES

boxes.

17. For IMAGE FILENAME click the three dots at the right and choose a directory and a filename. Then

click Save. You should see the pathname and the filename of your .ISO in the box.

18. Check the DISABLE VERSION NUMBERS box.

19. Click the ADVANCED OPTIONS button.

20. For Volume Label use the name of the original Windows 2000 CD. Ex: W2PSEL_EN

For Volume Set Name use the bame of the original Windows 2000 CD

Publisher Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION

PREPARER NAME: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (206) 882-8080

21. Choose the BOOTABLE DISC tab.

22. Check the MAKE BOOTABLE DISC box.

23. For MEDIA EMULATION CHOOSE Custom

24. For Image File name use the boot.bin from the neededfiles.zip.

25. For DEVELOPER NAME use MICROSOFT CORPORATION

26. For Load Sector Count use the number 4.

27. Click OK and then START.

28. When it's done open up any CDR burning program that supports .ISO's to burn your IMAGE to CD.

 

THANK YOU

http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/

 

From the bottom of my heart whoever made this website and made those files in the neededfiles.zip.

[Moniker 0]

I'll see what I have and send it to you clutch it may take me a few days to get it there...

[EddiE314 0]

don't forget screenshots, sometimes people don't get it unless there are screenshots.

[DosFreak 2]

Oooooo. I'd also put a writeup in there how to copy the bootsector off of any CD and stuff. Also some other stuff I'm working on such as 9x boot CD's and stuff.

 

For instance right now I copied all the FULL versions of the 9x OS'S onto one cd and all the UPGRADE versions onto another CD and I'm gonna make 'em bootable with a bootmenu.

 

[clutch 1]

So, does that mean you might have a write-up for us...

 

 

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clutch

[DosFreak 2]

I wish! LOL! Between people trying to get DaggerFall to work, downloading and testing out the latest ver of Whistler, Downloading Exchange 2000 and migrating network from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000, Upgrading our servers from Windows NT4.0 to Windows 2000, Downloading the latest distros of Linux and looking for progs of what I current do in Windows to what I can do in Linux. (I'm not happy with where Windows is going and I also want to get into Linux more.), Installing Siderwinder firewall to a test machine and figureing out how to use Sidewinder so I can fix our 2 Sidewinder firewalls on base and redo them, Implementing a test network to test newer versions of software and to play around with switchers/routers and IPV6.

 

We plan on implemnting 2 Domains connected to our test "CLOUD" (the internet) so we can play around with various things.

 

oh and figureing out what and howto to write-up stuff for the Ntcompatible website!

 

Whoah!

[clutch 1]

Amen brother, I know how it is. I have been learning/deploying Exchange 5.5, setup an Exchange 2K environment for study on collaboration abilites, getting deeper into SMS 2, working on ASP-to-Database code, going to classes for Photoshop 6 and access 2k, studying to update my MCSE to 2K, and learning our Cisco equipment (PIX and 1720 router) to take over where our consultants left off so I can give the sales and exec peeps access to exchange and our ERP system from the outside.

 

You know, I thought that when I found a job that I really liked I would be able to relax a bit. Instead, I find that I work harder than ever! The whole crew where I worked at got nice fat thank you in the form of a layoff in 99, and now I feel I have to learn everything possible in case that happens again. Oh well.

 

Also, we can add testing WinXP, as it appears we can now get it regualarly for the office (at least I have beta 2 at the moment anyway).

 

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clutch

[DosFreak 2]

oops, I forgot SMS too. That software is really neat and I plan on using it more now that we move our network over to ATM. Our network is humming along now on this new ESX-3000 switch but it still needs to be optimized. I'm looking into pushing out customized registry updates, Norton Upgrades and OS updates. Neato stuff!

 

I LOVE FREE SOFTWARE!

 

Now all I need is that version of Sidewinder for Windows 2000. Anyone hear about that or know when it's coming out?

[clutch 1]

I don't know if you have been here, but try www.swynk.com for all the backoffice stuff. I have put up a few SMS queries there as well (as James Carter, of course ) and they have a lot of good tips to get your setup off the ground. We had our system pushing out SP6a to NT boxes, and it worked pretty well. I had to can the system in the mean time (I just setup a test bed on my home network with SQL 2K) in lieu of a new server to run SMS/SQL in the next month or so.

 

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clutch

[clutch 1]

Oh, and one more thing, get the SMS 2.0 Resource kit. It has a bunch of nice stuff in it and a 6LB manual to go with it. It also has better methods for reporting queries using Excel and Access files (rather than that poor Crystal Reports version that comes with SMS 2.0) along with utilities to fix/remove clients from PCs if you have problems with their installations.

 

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clutch

[DosFreak 2]

Bump..

 

I'm starting to implemenent How-To's and checklists 'n things for the workcenter. These should be able to be ported nicely to NTCompatible....

 

 

Wow...This thread is a year old! WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED!

[Admiral LSD 0]

Quote:

Originally posted by Four and Twenty
1. Copy the Windows 2000 CD to your HD.
4. Extract Sp1network.exe to a subdirectory.
5. Go to the Update directory in the extracted SP1 directory.
6. Make a batch file called update.bat and place these lines into it:
update.exe -s:F:\W2PSEL_EN

What update.exe looks for is the i386 directory. So change the F:\ to reflect the drive that has
the i386 directory from the Windows 2000 CD. W2PSEL_EN is just the directory where the i386 directory
resides. In case your wondering why mine is different it's because I have the SELECT version.
7. Save the batch file and run it.
8. It should update your files and it will tell you when it is done. If it doesn't then you have done
something wrong.
9. Download CDRWIN from www.goldenhawk.com
10. Get the CD-ROM boot sector and CD Marker files from here:
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/neededfiles.zip

11. Place the appropriate files from neededfiles.zip into the root directory of the copied CD.

Place CDROM_NT.5 into the root of the CD.
Place:

CDROM_IP.5 - If you are doing 2000 PRO then place this into the root.
CDROM_IS.5 - If you are doing 2000 SERVER then place this into the root.
CDROM_IA.5 - If you are doing 2000 ADVANCED SERVER then place this into the root.

12. The root of the CD should now have these files:

Autorun.inf
cdrom_iX.5
cdrom_nt.5
read1st.txt
readme.doc
setup.exe

13. Open CDRWIN and choose the File Backup and Tools option
14. In the BACKUP/TOOL Operation Choose the Build an ISO9660 Image File
15. in FILE BACKUP List click the DIRECTORY button and choose the directory where you copied the
Windows 2000 CD. Click OK. Then click the ADD button. You should see the directory in the big box now.
16. Check the INCLUDE HIDDEN FILES,LONG FILENAMES(JOLIET),INCLUDE SYSTEM FILES,RECURSE SUBDIRECTORIES
boxes.
17. For IMAGE FILENAME click the three dots at the right and choose a directory and a filename. Then
click Save. You should see the pathname and the filename of your .ISO in the box.
18. Check the DISABLE VERSION NUMBERS box.
19. Click the ADVANCED OPTIONS button.
20. For Volume Label use the name of the original Windows 2000 CD. Ex: W2PSEL_EN
For Volume Set Name use the bame of the original Windows 2000 CD
Publisher Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
PREPARER NAME: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (206) 882-8080
21. Choose the BOOTABLE DISC tab.
22. Check the MAKE BOOTABLE DISC box.
23. For MEDIA EMULATION CHOOSE Custom
24. For Image File name use the boot.bin from the neededfiles.zip.
25. For DEVELOPER NAME use MICROSOFT CORPORATION
26. For Load Sector Count use the number 4.
27. Click OK and then START.
28. When it's done open up any CDR burning program that supports .ISO's to burn your IMAGE to CD.

THANK YOU
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/

From the bottom of my heart whoever made this website and made those files in the neededfiles.zip.

May I ask what purpose these particular two steps serve? Why not eliminate them and just use the command prompt? Thats what I did when I slipstreamed my 2k CDs and only had one failure (that being the first I messed up the location of the boot sector or something...).

[DosFreak 2]

heh. That was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy back when and I was giving instructions for someone who had no CLI experience.

 

Here's THE ULTIMATE SLIPSTREAM GUIDE! (ALMOST)

(Still gotta include attaching other programs to the install, and gonna have an NT4 SP6a Slipstream guide soon)

 

http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=12009443&m=6140970053