Hi Ian,

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 23:25:25   Ian Newman wrote:
>Thanks to all for the reply on my last message "FORMAT". Great info.
>Next question. I have purchased a copy of  MS Win NT network
>administration self paced training guide. It asks to create setup disks
>but the command  D:\i386\winnt32/ox that the book says to use just comes
>up with the error " the winnt32.exefile is linked to missing export
>NTDLL.DLL:NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject".
>I click OK then the message under has a white cross in a red circle &
>says   "A device attached to the system is not functioning".  Click
>OK.

I'm not sure how the training guide works, but with Windows NT, if you
are trying to install it from a DOS prompt, you use WINNT, not WINNT32.
I think you use WINNT32 if you are installing it from Win95, or upgrading
Win95 to NT.

The switches you can use are:
For a diskless install (installs needed files from CD-ROM) = winnt /b
To create the 3 boot disks from the CD-ROM = winnt /o
Note: winnt /ox is supposed to do something similiar.  I personally
would try the /o with what you are trying to do.

>Thats it.  I have no idea how to proceed further without a multi
>boot system. I have managed to put WinNT on with Win 95 but I don't want
>that. Many thanks again.  Ian

You can also try using WINNT32 /? or WINNT /? to see if it will give you
a help listing.

When I set up NT, I use a DOS boot disk with the generic CD-ROM driver
(can be found in the file archives at NOSPIN) and run the winnt /b for a
diskless install.  Works good for me!

Hope this helps!
Lance Kephart


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