Booting multiple servers from one floppy disk

BOOTDISK contents i386
NLDR
NTDETECT.COM
NTBOOTDD.SYS (if you have a BIOS disbled SCSI adapter)
BOOT.INI --- This file can be configured to boot all your NT servers if you enter the ARC path to each system.
Just cut/paste each servers boot.ini ARC paths to one. This will be useless if the NT kernel is corrupt.
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Server [SQL Server] 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Server [SQL Server] 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server [WINS Server] 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server [WINS Server] 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
C:\="MS-DOS"

example batch file

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REM
REM Purpose: Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) ...
@ECHO OFF
DATE /T >> \\ServerName\ComputerName\RDISK.LOG
TIME /T >> \\ServerName\ComputerName\RDISK.LOG
@ECHO ERD Update >> \\ServerName\ComputerName\RDISK.LOG
XCOPY \%WINDIR%\REPAIR\*.* \\ServerName\ComputerName\*.* /S /E /V /H >> \\ServerName\ComputerName\RDISK.LOG
@ECHO ******************* >> \\ServerName\ComputerName\RDISK.LOG
Emergency Repair Disk copied to network ...
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The above batch example + RDISK /S- can be scheduled to run at a certian time one a week using AT

EXAMPLE

Schedule RDISK /s- to run @ 7:00pm on Sunday
and schedule mkerd.bat to run @ 7:30pm on Sunday

NOTE: You must unarchive the SP and Hotfixes for the example batch file to work. (e.g nt4sp3_i.exe /x)
Example Install Batch file:

REM 
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO. Installing Service Pack ...

REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\sp3\update.exe -u -z

REM 
REM -u = unattended
REM -z = no reboot
REM -y = uninstall

ECHO. Install Fixes ...

REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\lsa\hotfix.exe -m -z
REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\getadmin\hotfix.exe -m -z
REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\simptcp\hotfix.exe -m -z
REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\teardrop\hotfix.exe -m -z

ECHO. Last Hotfix starting now. System will REBOOT ...

REM "This hotfix should have only -m unattended"
REM \\Server\Share\sp.dir\pent\hotfix.exe -m 

REM 
REM -m = unattended
REM -y = uninstall
REM -z = no reboot

REM 

Example UnInstall Batch file:

ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO. UnInstall Fixes ...

REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\pent\hotfix.exe -m -y -z
REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\teardrop\hotfix.exe -m -y -z
REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\simptcp\hotfix.exe -m -y -z
REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\getadmin\hotfix.exe -m -y -z
REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\lsa\hotfix.exe -m -y -z

REM 
REM -m = unattended
REM -y = uninstall
REM -z = no reboot


ECHO. Removing Service Pack. System will REBOOT ...
REM  REM  \\Server\Share\sp.dir\sp3\update.exe -u -y 

REM 
REM -u = unattended
REM -z = no reboot
REM -y = uninstall

Give the USERS group:

LIST on C:\> (propagating the permissions throughout the entire directory tree)
ADD on C:\TEMP>
READ on C:\WINNT> (propagating the permissions throughout the entire directory tree)
NO ACCESS on C:\WINNT\Config>
NO ACCESS on C:\WINNT\Repair>
CHANGE on C:\WINNT\System32\Spool\Printers>
ADD on C:\WINNT\System32\Spool\Profiles>

Give the CREATER OWNER group:

FULL CONTROL on C:\TEMP>
FULL CONTROL on D:\USERS>

I found this example on the searching the web and tested it, it worked for me. However, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

The batch script is called RCOPY.CMD to do this. It consists of 3 pieces, RCOPY.CMD, RCOPYSH.CMD, and CLIENTS. The file CLIENTS lists all of the machines that will be affected the RCOPY script. RCOPYSH.CMD is called from RCOPY.CMD.

For example: "RCOPY c:\winnt\system32\Config.NT c:\winnt\system32", would copy the file "c:\winnt\system32\Config.NT" from current machine to the directory "c:\winnt\system32" on every machine listed in the file "CLIENTS"

To copy entire directory stuctures, you can use the "/s" switch. For example: "RCOPY c:\drivers c:\drivers /s"

Note: These batch scripts use NT 4.0 CMD.EXE extensions, and therefore will not work with NT 3.51. Also, you must be logged in as an "administrator" to run these scripts.

RCOPY.CMD
//----Start---//
@echo off

if "%1" == "" goto USAGE
if "%2" == "" goto USAGE

set FILE=%2
set DRV=%FILE:~0,1%
set FN=%FILE:~2%
set OPT=%3

for /F %%s IN (clients) do call RCOPYSH.CMD %%s %1 %DRV% %FN% %OPT%

goto EXIT

:USAGE
echo USAGE: rcopy [SOURCE] [DEST]
echo.

:EXIT
//----End----//

RCOPYSH.CMD
//----Start---//
@echo off
echo.
if "%1" == "" goto EXIT
echo Copying %2 to %1:%3:%4
xcopy %2 \\%1\%3$\%4 %5
echo.
:EXIT
//----End----//

CLIENTS
//----Start---//
MACHINE-1
MACHINE-2
MACHINE-3
MACHINE-4
MACHINE-5
//----End----//

If you want to know what the ~0,1% means type HELP set > set.txt and read the contents of set.txt