How do I create a bootable Remote Installation Service client disk?

John Savill

January 8, 2000

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A. A special utility is used to create a boot disk to allow clientswithout PXE (Pre-boot eXecution Environment) to boot and install using the Remote Installation Service (providingthey have a support NIC).

To create the boot disk perform the following:

  1. Click Start and select Run

  2. Type
    \RemoteInstallAdminI386RBFG.EXE

  3. Select the disk drive (A or B)

  4. Insert a floppy disk

  5. Click 'Create Disk'
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  6. Click 'No' to create another disk

You can now use this disk to boot a machine. To check which adapters itsupports click the 'Adapter List' button in the RBFG utility.

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