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If you buy a system that comes with the operating system installed, and if you choose not to do a re-install for learning purposes, you are ready to configure and run your server when you take it out of the box.
If you buy a system that doesn’t have your desired operating system installed, you will need to install it from scratch. Typically you will work from a series of installation CD-ROMs. You may have to begin the process with a bootable floppy if the system arrives totally “bare.”
Because the Toolkit includes demonstration applications that run under Windows NT, we include complete instructions on installing Windows NT Server 4.0 software. This chapter is extremely comprehensive, including annotated screen shots of every step along the process of installation. However, because not all sites will install this operating system, we omit that material from the printed book. You will find this material on the Toolkit CD and Web site under Software.
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