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Installing and Upgrading Operating Systems. Guide to Operating Systems Third Edition. Objectives. After reading this chapter and completing the exercises you will be able to: Understand the overall process of operating system installation and upgrading
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Installing and Upgrading Operating Systems Guide to Operating Systems Third Edition
Objectives After reading this chapter and completing the exercises you will be able to: • Understand the overall process of operating system installation and upgrading • Prepare for operating system installation and understand the factors involved in making the decision to upgrade Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Objectives (continued) • Install and upgrade the following operating systems and understand the various options presented in: • Windows 2000 Server and Professional • Windows XP • Windows Server 2003 • NetWare 6.0 and 6.5 • Mac OS X Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Objectives (continued) • Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and understand the basic differences between UNIX-type installation and those of other operating systems covered in this chapter • Review upgrading from one version to the next Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing an Operating System • Varies from one OS to another • Certain features common to all installations • Installation involves: • Checking the computer - meets or exceeds the hardware and/or software requirements for the OS • Ensuring that all equipment is powered on and operating correctly Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing an Operating System (continued) • Floppy disks or CDs on hand • Understanding the general features of the OS • Up-to-date device drivers • Pertinent information available about your computer and peripheral devices Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing an Operating System (continued) • May need to provide: • Where to install the operating system • Type of installation • Information about you, your company, and your computer • Licensing information • Which components of the OS you want to install Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for Installation • PC must be working correctly • Fix any defective hardware • Hardware turned on and ready for use • Information available about your hardware Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for Installation (continued) • Obtain any special drivers • Many operating systems have minimum hardware requirements • Hardware compatibility list (HCL) • list that contains names and models for all hardware supported by the OS Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for Installation (continued) • Enough time to complete OS installation Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading an Operating System • General upgrade considerations • Backup and safety procedures • Specific steps to upgrade Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for an Upgrade • Is upgrade necessary? • Information about system that may be needed during the upgrade • Make a complete backup of your current system and data before upgrading Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for an Upgrade (continued) • Consider • whether you need to upgrade • whether the time is right to upgrade • Microsoft offers pre-releases in the form of alpha, beta, and release candidate (RC) Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for an Upgrade (continued) • Production computer • computer used to perform real work • If unavailable would cause a loss of productivity • Check the computer against the requirements of the new OS Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Preparing for an Upgrade (continued) • Keep records of custom software • Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) • rules on accessing databases • some databases may not be accessible when you upgrade Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Making Backups Before Upgrades • Backup • copying files from a computer to another medium • important part of day-to-day computer operation • most operating systems have a backup utility Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Making Backups Before Upgrades (continued) • Considerations when backing up your information: • close everything before starting a backup • have the software needed to restore the backups • actually make a full backup • new system is able to read your backup without problems Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Conducting a Test Upgrade • Test an upgrade before you do it to a production computer • Upgrade test is to simulate what would happen in a real upgrade • Discover any problems that might occur Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Conducting a Test Upgrade (continued) • Deal with any software issues that arise • Test the computer for a couple of days • Repeat the test installation process starting with a clean computer • all unnecessary software and hardware have been removed Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading Windows 2000 • Several ways to install • CD-ROMs • over the network • in unattended mode Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Hardware Requirements • You will need at least the hardware recommended in Table 4-4 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Windows 2000 • Project 4-2 addresses how Windows 2000 Setup works • HAL • hardware abstraction layer • consisting of the code that talks directly to the computer’s hardware • Windows Update feature available Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows 2000 • Upgrade from Windows 95/98: • PC meets the minimum system requirements • Obtain new drivers for the devices • Decide if you want to upgrade to NTFS from FAT16 or FAT32 • Password for the Administrator account Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows 2000 (continued) • Obtain Windows 2000 drivers • Protocol of preference is TCP/IP • Use the steps on pages 190 and 191 to upgrade a Windows NT Server domain Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading Windows XP • Windows XP stands for “experience” • Home and Professional versions • Professional version has more features Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Hardware Requirements • It is important that your hardware is listed on the hardware compatibility list (HCL) for Windows XP Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Windows XP • Concept of activation • 30 days to activate your copy of Windows XP • either by phone or online • activation linked solely to the BIOS • Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows XP • Upgrade from these operating systems: • Windows 98 • Windows Me • Windows NT • Windows 2000 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows XP (continued) • Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM • Wait for the Autorun program to automatically start the Setup program • Check system compatibility Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows XP (continued) • Obtain product activation code from Microsoft’s Web site Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading Windows Server 2003 • Windows Server 2003 is the next generation OS Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading Windows Server 2003 (continued) • Products • Standard Edition • Enterprise Edition • Datacenter Edition • Web Edition • Small Business Server Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Hardware Requirements Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Windows Server 2003 • Place CD-ROM in drive and turn on PC • Very similar to install Windows 2000 Server Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 • Upgrade from Windows 2000 Server family to Windows Server 2003 • Before you upgrade • backup your system • hardware is compatible • meets hardware requirements • obtain any needed drivers Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 (continued) • Obtain the product activation code from Microsoft Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading UNIX: Linux • We will use red hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 • Other versions of UNIX are very similar Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Linux • You will get a set of CD-ROMs in the package Install Red Hat from a CD-ROM • Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 from the CD-ROM • 15 minutes to over one hour to install • You do not need to make partitions or format your disk ahead of time Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading Linux • Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 • Upgrades from any version should work • Upgrade is similar to an installation Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing and Upgrading NetWare 6.5 • Steps for NetWare 6.5 are very similar to those for NetWare 6.0 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Hardware Requirements Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing NetWare 6.5 • Steps you through the process • Evaluation kits are available • Step-by-step instructions on the web site • very good documentation on the web site Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading NetWare 6.5 • Upgrade from: • NetWare 4.2 with Support Pack 9 • NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 6 • NetWare 6 with Support Pack 3 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Hardware Requirements Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Mac OS X • Install directly from the CD-ROM • Complete step-by-step instructions are given in project 4-5 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Mac OS X (continued) • Double-click the Mac OS X icon • You will: • select a destination drive • read important information • agree to the software license Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Installing Mac OS X (continued) • Installation takes from 6 minutes to over 45 minutes Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Upgrading Mac OS • Three basic steps: • backup all data and configuration files • check the disk for errors • upgrade the hard disk drivers Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Updating Operating Systems • Every vendor provides • bug fixes • security patches • interim upgrades Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition
Windows Updates • First introduced in Windows 98 Guide to Operating Systems, Third Edition