This document explains how to setup the BootIt NG (1.28d+) installation 
diskette to ease deployment to a large number of computers.

There are several ways you can setup the installation diskette to ease 
deployment.  This document explains only one level, all settings, users, and 
menus.  If you didn't want something to migrate from the base machine such as 
the default menu then between step 2 and 3 you would delete the DEFAULT.MNU 
file.

Although you can deploy all the BootIt NG settings, users, registration, and 
boot menus; you can *not* deploy specific changes to the partitions 
themselves (including naming).


Assumptions:
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You have several machines with the same OS and partitions.  You would like to 
configure one of the machines with BootIt NG and then deploy it (BootIt NG 
settings) to the other machines.

Step 1
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Configure BootIt NG on one of the machines.  Once all settings/users/boot 
menus are created and working, move on to step 2.

Step 2
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Use the Backup option on the BootIt NG desktop to backup BootIt NG to the 
diskette drive.  To do this check the "BootIt NG" box then click OK.

When it asks for a diskette, use your BootIt NG installation diskette as the 
target.

When it says files exist, choose the None option.

Once the backup completes, continue with step 3.

Step 3
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In this step you'll create an auto response file for BootIt NG setup to use.

Create a text file named AUTORESP.BNG on the BootIt NG installation diskette.  
You can use notepad or your favorite text editor to do this.

The fact that this file will now exists is enough for the installation to 
proceed without asking several questions and to configure the machine to match 
the base machine you configured in Step 1.

There are a few options you can add to the AUTORESP.BNG file to override the 
setting of the base machine or the default installation options if you like.  
They are as follows:

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LimitPrimaries=0   - Don't limit primaries
or
LimitPrimaries=1   - Limit primaries (if possible) (**)
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EMBRMPartition=DS  - Install to dedicated if possible otherwise shared.
or
EMBRMPartition=SD  - Install to shared if possible otherwise dedicated.
or
EMBRMPartition=D   - Dedicated if possible otherwise ask if shared is okay.(*)
or
EMBRMPartition=S   - Shared if possible otherwise ask if dedicated is okay.
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MouseTest=0        - No mouse test.
or
MouseTest=1        - Perform mouse test (*)
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IgnoreBackupFail=0 - Won't prompt with warning if backups fail.
or
IgnoreBackupFail=1 - Will prompt with warning if backups fail. (*)
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(*) Default.
(**) Default unless overridden by base machine.

Note that only the first three characters are actually used so "Lim=0" is the 
same as "LimitPrimaries=0".



