To install Windows Small Business Server on a server that didn’t ship with Win- dows Small Business Server 2003 preinstalled, you must start by installing the underlying operating system of Windows Small Business Server 2003—a modi- fied version of Window Server 2003, Standard Edition. (This process can be automated, as discussed in Appendix A.)
Under the Hood NTFS System Drive
Windows Small Business Server 2003 requires that the system drive be for- matted as the NTFS file system. NTFS is required for Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, among other components. For better security and file management, format all drives with NTFS—there is simply no reason to use FAT or FAT32 anymore.
During Setup, disk quotas are applied. By default, each user can use up to one gigabyte of space. A disk quota is not set for administrators. For infor- mation on changing disk quotas, see Chapter 8.
To install the underlying operating system, complete the following steps: 1. Insert Windows Small Business Server 2003 Disk 1 into the CD-ROM
prompted, press the Any key (just teasing—press any key you want!) to boot from the CD.
Tip If you can’t boot from the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Disk 1 CD, you need to boot from a Microsoft Windows 98 Startup floppy disk that contains Smartdrv.exe (you might have to add it) and choose the CD-ROM support option. Run Smartdrv.exe so that installation files will copy faster. Insert Windows Small Business Server 2003 Disk 1 and run I386\Winnt.exe to begin the installation. When Setup is started manually this way, all instal- lation files are copied to the hard drive and an additional reboot will occur before the Welcome To Setup screen appears.
2. To use a hard-drive controller for which Windows Small Business Server 2003 has no built-in support, press F6 when prompted. To use a HAL provided by the server manufacturer, press F5.
3. When the Welcome To Setup screen (Figure 4-1) appears, press Enter.
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Figure 4-1. The beginning of the operating system installation. 4. Read the licensing agreement and, if you agree, press F8.
5. On the next screen (Figure 4-2), select a disk partition. If no suitable disk partition for Windows Small Business Server 2003 exists, create one:
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To delete a partition, select it using the arrow keys and then press D. Deleting a partition permanently erases all information on that partition.•
To create a new partition, select some free space, press C, specify how large to make the partition, and then press Enter.Caution If the first partition on the disk is under 50 MB in size, it’s proba- bly a utility partition. Leave it alone. The system might not boot or function properly without it.
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Figure 4-2. Choosing a disk partition.
6. Select the partition or free space in which you want to install Windows Small Business Server and then press Enter.
7. If you selected free space or a new partition, choose a formatting option on the next screen. NTFS Quick Format is the fastest way to format, but NTFS Full Format ensures that any bad sectors are properly marked and also wipes out the information on the disk, which is useful if that disk once contained sensitive data. If the selected partition is already formatted as FAT32, choose to convert the partition to NTFS.
8. Press Enter after making your formatting choice and if necessary, press C on the next screen to confirm that you want to convert to NTFS. Setup copies files, which will take several minutes, and then reboots the server. (If Setup needs to convert the hard drive partition to NTFS, an additional reboot will be required.) After the reboot, GUI-based Setup runs and the installation continues for several minutes.
9. When the Regional And Language Options page appears (Figure 4-3), change the regional and language options, if necessary, and then click Next. You can use the Regional And Language Options tool in Con- trol Panel to change regional settings after you install Windows Small Business Server, so you probably don’t need to linger here.
10. On the Personalize Your Software page, type the name and organiza- tion under which the computer should be registered.
11. On the Your Product Key page, type the product key from the Win- dows Small Business Server 2003 packaging, and then click Next. 12. On the Computer Name And Administrator Password page, type the
name for the computer in the Computer Name text box.
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Figure 4-3. Specifying regional options.
13. Type an administrator account password in the Administrator Password text box, and type it again in the Confirm Password text box. Click Next.
Security Alert As a best practice for security, use passwords that are at least seven characters long and a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Use acronyms for phrases that are meaning- ful to you, easy to remember, and unlikely to be meaningful or memorable to anyone else, such as Uk,Ur?Ue! (You know, you are what you eat!)
14. If Setup detects a modem, use the Dialing Location page to select the country, type the area code of the telephone line, and type any digits needed to get an outside line. Click Next to move on. You can choose additional locations or modify the current location after Setup com- pletes using the Phone And Modem Options tool in Control Panel. 15. On the Date And Time Settings page, review the date, time, and time
zone information; make any necessary corrections, and then click Next. After several minutes, Setup finishes the installation and then reboots. After you log in, the Windows Small Business Server Setup Wizard launches, as discussed in the next section.