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contains. The only values supported through manual editing are the values
for the keyword STATE. These values are NEW and Hybrid.
While preparing the system for a Windows installation, STATE.EXE moves
the client through the states shown in Table 4.
Table 4. Values for the State variable in STATE.FIL
State Description
NEW Indicates the first stage of the client installation process.
STATE.EXE creates a partition, as specified in STATE.FIL
under keyword - PartitionSize.
PREP Partition preparation stage. STATE.EXE formats the
partition.
Post-Format Format verification.
Pre-Copy Preparation for copying files across the network.
XCOPY1 Windows files that are brought to the client.
Post-Xcopy1 Copy verification.
XCOPY2 STATE.EXE copies any other files across the network.
Post-Xcopy2 Copy verification.
INSTALL Windows Setup process is ready to start.
HYBRID STATE.EXE sends HDBOOT.COM to the client on all
subsequent boots (this boots the client locally) until an
administrator resets the client.
ERROR An error occurred while STATE.EXE tried to prepare the
system for the installation of Windows. The error number
will follow the error. For more details, consult the log file
on the client directory on server. Help is also available on
the error number. For example, type HELP STA0007 for
help on error number seven.
2.4.2.1 The STATE file (STATE.FIL)
In addition to the STATE field, STATE.FIL contains the following fields, as
shown in Table 5, when it is created.
Table 5. Fields in the STATE file
Fields Description
State See Table 4 on page 40.
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