Install NT 4 server on Virtual Server 2005 fails

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PWhite - 11 Apr 2005 17:40 GMT

Setup is unable to loact the hard drive partition prepared by the MS-DOS
portion of setup.

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Dave Patrick - 11 Apr 2005 22:53 GMT

On install disk #2 delete the file named winnt.sif and start the install
again. Winnt.sif may instruct Windows NT Setup to look for installation
files in a temporary directory on the hard disk instead of a CD-ROM, if the
file doesn't exist, setup will look for the files on the cd-rom.

Also the VPC groups are here.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.
public.virtualpc&cat=en_US_85270F5D-EF00-C0C0-66BB-4E430BC081B0&lang=en&cr=US

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.
public.virtualserver&cat=en_US_A7EBD576-3C0D-0062-57D1-7B2DD96CC62B&lang=en&cr=U
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| Setup is unable to loact the hard drive partition prepared by the MS-DOS
| portion of setup.

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