SBS: Network Installation Is Not Available for SBS 4.5 Server

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SUMMARY

Small Business Server (SBS) 4.5 does not support installing SBS from a command line using the "/b" switch.

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You can perform a network installation in Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 by specifying an unattended Setup script file at a command line to install the server. For example:

x:\winnt.exe /u:unattend.txt /s:x:\i386 /b

SBS 4.5 does not support installing SBS in this manner. SBS 4.5 requires new installations to be performed using the three Setup floppy disks.

To upgrade to SBS 4.5 from SBS 4.0a, run Setup.exe from the root folder of SBS 4.5 CD-ROM 1. Because Windows NT is already installed, there is no need to perform an unattended upgrade of SBS using the command line listed above.