Q158456: Hardware Requirements for Remote Boot of Windows NT 4.0

Article: Q158456
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the hardware requirements for setting up a remote-boot
server and clients under Windows NT 4.0.

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Network Requirements
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Server and clients must be on the same subnet.

Network Interface Cards (NICs)
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SERVER: The Windows NT 4.0 Server can accommodate any NIC listed in the Windows
NT 4.0 hardware compatibility list (HCL) that supports DLC and NetBEUI.

CLIENTS: For information on client-NIC compatibility, please see the following
article here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q158455
  TITLE : Supported Network Adapters for Remote-Boot Clients and WinNT 4.0

System Requirements
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SERVER: The server's hardware must be listed in the HCL for Windows NT 4.0.

CLIENTS: The clients' hardware must be listed in the HCL for the operating system
being used.

Disk Space Requirements on the Server
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0perating System                        Space Required
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LAN Manager version 2.2c for DOS        5.1 MB
MS-DOS 3.30                             0.7 MB
MS-DOS 4.01                             1.5 MB
MS-DOS 5.00                             2.8 MB
MS-DOS 6.x                              5.9 MB
WINDOWS 3.1                            12.4 MB
WINDOWS 95                              2.0 MB
WINDOWS 95 SBS                           90 MB

NOTE: Additional disk space is required for personal profiles and any program or
files the client may load and save.

Additional query words: nt rpl remote boot
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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : 4.0

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