Installing a new PC

Obtain an IP address for the PC.

Operating Systems

The operating system on all new departmental PCs is Windows 95. The existing ones have a mixture of Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. To install Windows 95 on a PC, DOS may need to be installed first. To install DOS, insert the first DOS floppy and boot with it. In the case of a CDROM determine the drive and do the same. Gateway computers come with a system floppy that has drivers for the CDROM. If you boot with that floppy you will be able to install Windows 95 directly from the CDROM without having to install DOS. After Windows 95 has been sucessfully installed, the following steps are done to bring it up on the network.

1. Open the my computer folder and then open Control Panel.
2. Turn the power saving option off in both the display icons and the energystar icons.
3. Double click on the display icon and increase the resolution to 1024x768 or 1152x900 as the monitor may support.
4. In the Control Panel, double click on the Network icon. Add TCP/IP if it is not showing. Do this by choosing Add, Protocol, Add, Microsoft, TCP/IP, OK. Remove all other protocols.
5. Now select 'TCP/IP -> "your adapter card"' option and click on the properties button. Enter the host machine's name, IP number of the machine, gateway, DNS server and subnet mask (which always is 255.255.255.0). Save these settings and restart the PC.

Installing other software

1. Now double click The Internet icon. Download the script and save the internet explorer. Once this is over run the script and restart the computer.
2. Delete the homefix icon which was produced as a result of running the script.
3. Restart the Internet and now go to the physics ftp site by typing ftp://ftp. Once in go into the directory /pc/pub/win95. Download the files ws_ftp32.zip, qvtnt398.zip, n32e21.exe anf winzip95.exe. It will be better to save all these files in c:/temp directory.

Adding Winzip95

1. Run the file winzip95 by double clicking on the respective icon.
2. Create another folder called Extra Applications and move the winzip95 in that folder. This can be done via the windows explorer which can be started by clicking on the start button, the choosing programs and then selecting the item Explorer for Win 95.

Installing WS FTP for Windows 95

1. Create a directory called ws_ftp under c: Now unzip the ws_ftp32.zip and store the files in this directory. The expanding of the files of ws_ftp32 is done using winzip95.
2. Now add this program by going to the Add/Remove programs icon in the Control Panel and then saying install. Once in it provide the actual path of the setup file when requested

Installing Qvtnet

1. Create a new directory and name it qvtnt398. Now unzip the file qvtnt398.zip and the resulting files are to be stored in this directory.
2. Now add this program by going to the Add/Remove programs icon in the Control Panel and then saying install. Once in it provide the actual path of the setup file when requested
3. Once qvtnt is installed create a new folder called network and provide a shortcut to qvtnt. You will have to specify the full path name of the qvtnt file for this.

Installing Netscape

Install netscape by double clicking on n32e20.exe. Set the home page location to http://www.phys.ufl.edu/

Installing the Exceed, NFS, LAN Workplace Pro, and a network printer on a PC

Create two directories namely exceed and NFS in the C drive. Download the exceed and NFS Maestro software from ~ftp/dept using the WS FTP into the directory c:/temp. Now unzip the same using win_zip into the respective directories.

To set up the X-teminal Software (Exceed)

1. Now go to the control panel and double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click on the install button and provide the path name of the setup file of exceed when asked to. It should like C:\exceed\setup.
2. Select the custom setup and select the administrator option too. then press the install button
3. Once the setup is complete, start the xterminal software using X-Start. It will require you to provide an user name, host name and the password. Enter the following in the command edit box: xterm -ls -display <<'machine name'>>:0.0 Now select the Run option from the menu and an Xterminal should open up.
4. Add this utility to the Network folder too. This is done by creating a shortcut to the same from that folder.

Setting up NFS Maestro

1. Now go to the control panel and double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click on the install button and provide the path name of the setup file of exceed when asked to. It should like C:\NFS\setup.
2. At the completion the setup will ask you to enter the IP addr of the default authorization server which is 128.227.17.70, the NFS server and the NIS server which may be 128.227.17.2 or 128.227.24.1 depending on which subnet the PC is in.
3. You will also need to enter an identification or the PC. In the user name the name of the user can be entered and the group name is physics.
4. Now start test the installation by starting telnet. This is done by first clicking on start, then selecting the programs option, in that selecting the NFS Maestro and in that the telnet option. You should be able to telnet to any machine.
5. Now repeat the above step but select the NFS option in which you will further select the third option listed.
6. Click on register and register by providing an user id and the corresponding password. This is required if we want to connect/ start any network drive.
7. In the connect option now enter the network path. Note that if the workstation specified in that path is a NFS server it should be running the PC and the BMS (baemon whiteside) daemons.
8. Also provide a user-id, password and a host name. Select the connect button.
9. To test if every thing is fine go to Win95 Explorer and you will be able to see another drive which is the network drive just connected.

LAN Workplace Pro for Win 3.1

1. Make backup copies of autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini. Also run manufacturer's ethernet diagnostics to get the address IRQ for card.
2. Install from DOS prompt.
3. Fileserver Boot = NO
4. Allow install to modify files = YES
5. Setup hardware addresses and IRQs. Common IRQs are:
   • 5 - also used on sound cards
   • 7 and 10 - also used by printer port
6. Are TCP/IP parameters automatically provided by bootp? = NO
7. Enter IP address
8. Does network have subnets? = YES, mask = 255.255.255.0
9. IP Router = Yes, 128.227.17.1
10. Domain Name Server = YES, Domain Name = phys.ufl.edu, DNS IP address = 128.227.17.2
11. Frame = ? Just hit enter, I don't think we use this for TCP/IP.
12. Username for R-utilities = users login.
13. Finish install. If autoexec.bat automatically starts Win 3.1, move the network line before the "win" command.
14. Reboot and say "yes" when asked to start network.

Installing a network printer

1. To install a Network printer on a PC running Windows 95 goto the folder Printers and double click on the icon Add Printer.
2. Select the Network Printer radio button. You will then be asked to provide a printer path which normally is \\quark\duplex. This is the printer in room 209/ the copy room.
3. Select the HP type printer Laserjet 4Si/Sx Postscript. Depending on the requirements you can configure this to be the default printer.
4. See if you can print the testpage as it asks. If so the printer is installed.

Win-DD server Installation

• Boot from the floppy. Select Custom Setup
• Select the Mitsumi as the CDROM device
• Selected Per Server License option
• After installing, log in as Administrator
• Run the Winstation Configuration , select tcp as protocol, and add 10 clients
• Setup the printers
• Setup the WIN-DD Clipboard
• Setup any applications you have licenses for like MS-Office

Windows NT Intel server installation

1. Find the boot floppies for Windows NT 4.0 Server installation. If you don't have them find a windows NT 4.0 server machine and run CD:\I386\winnt32 /ox. You can find more help about this program on Windows NT 4.0 machine. This will prompt you for 3 empty floppies which are needed to start the NT installation. We found that booting with Gateway System Floppy and starting the windows NT installation from the CD hangs some machines.

   If you already have windows 95 or Windows NT installed then you can just put the NT Server 4.0 CD in the CDROM and start the setup by selecting File, RUN, CD:\i386\winnt32 /b.

2. Select the option to create a local copy. This eliminates the setup disk creation step. It copies a whole lot of files to a temp space on C:\ and will then ask to reboot. At this time you have a choice to repair or install. We choose install.

3. It detects that there is a windows-nt already installed and gives us the option to upgrade or reinstall. We choose reinstall. It gives you a selection of partitions you can play with. Remember that C:\ can not be repartitioned as that contains the source files.

4. You may want to skip the exhaustive search if you know the disk drive is in good shape.

5. Name is physnt and select Primary Domain Controller from Domain UFPHYS.MOFFICE.

6. Create the Administrator Account, Emergency Disk.

7. Install Microsoft Exchange, Connected to the Network. Let it search for the Adapter.

8. Select TCP/IP, NETBEUI protocols. Remove IPX/SPX protocols. Specify the IP Number. Specify the WINS server as itself. No DHCP server, DNS Client. TCP/IP Properties, IP Number, WINS Server (128.227.17.160), No IP forwarding, Domain UFPHYS.MOFFICE.

9. Select the ODBC drivers for SQL server.

10. Select the time zones.

11. Find the graphics adapter. Tune to 1024x768, 75 HZ, 65000 Colors.

12. Make the Emergency Disk.

13. Reboot. Login as administrator, Go to Control Panels, System, Performance, Virtual Memory and Change to have 200 MB as virtual memory across several disks.

14. Download the drivers for Matrox, Ensonique Soundscape and install those. For windows NT 4.0 the drivers are all located in c:\drivers directory.

Windows NT Alpha server installation

1. Boot from the firmware
2. Supplementary Menu, Install from CDROM
3. Select New Installation, Graphics Card is Digital ZLXp-E1
4. Look at the partitions and format if necessary
5. Install to WINNT directory. You may want to skip the exhaustive search if you know the disk drive is in good shape.
6. Copies the files from CD to Hard Disk. Select Per Server Licensing.
7. Name is hepnt and select Primary Domain Controller from Domain UFPHYSICS.
8. Create the Administrator Account, Emergency Disk
9. Install Microsoft Exchange, Connected to the Network. Let it search for the Adapter.
10. Select TCP/IP, NETBEUI protocols. Remove IPX/SPX protocols.
11. No DHCP Server, DNS Client, FTP Server (Max Connections 12), TCP/IP Printing, Simple TCP/IP services, No Remote Access Server.
12. TCP/IP Properties, IP Number, WINS Server (128.227.17.160), No IP forwarding, Domain UFPHYSICS
13. Display Properties, 1152x900, 72 Hz, Screensaver, Background
14. Start Menu, Programs, Administrator Tools, Network Client Administrator is used to add network clients and create boot disks. The files are located in the E:\CLIENTS directory of cdrom. You need to first copy them to the hard disk as C:\CLIENTS and share that area.
15. C:\HEPNT area is created and shared. Windows 95 source and Office 95 source files are installed there from a Windows 95 client using SETUP /A. Files such as Netscape, WS_FTP, WIN_ZIP, NFS-Maestro, EUDORA are stored in that directory for ease of installation on clients.
16. Usernames are created for all Main Office folks to login into the UFPHYSICS domain. All the main office Machine Names are added as Windows-NT Workstation clients.

Stuff to do on Windows-NT server

1. Network Applications (redirectors, shells, Network File system, Mounters)
2. Using the disk administrator
3. Controlling the server with the Registry Editor
4. Monitoring Hardware Configurations with WINMSD
5. Using Usermanagaer for Domains
6. Configuring Printing services
7. Using Server Manager
8. Multi Domain NT Networks, Trust Relationships
9. Tuning your NT server
10. Monitoring the network
11. Preparing to recover from server failures
12. Command line control of the network (NET)
13. Installing and Managing SQL server, SMS server, Internet Information Server.