NT Server 4 setup on IBM xSeries 206 - stops at CD-Rom File System

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Roadster-2 - 15 Jan 2006 02:13 GMT

I am attempting to install NT Server 4.0 on an IBM xSeries 206 server
with 3.06 GHz Pentium 4, 512Mb memory and 2 x 80 Gb SATA drives. These
are setup as one logical drive using the built-in IBM SATA Raid
controller (Raid 1).

On installing NT Server 4, just after the CD-Rom File System is
installed (normally the last driver before the blue install screen) it
stops, with a black screen with vertical lines of graphics characters.

As a test I have successfully used the IBM ServerGuide CD to install
Windows 2000 Server, no problems. The ServerGuide CD however only
allows automated installation of Windows Server 2000 and 2003, there is
no option for NT.

I have tried removing the SATA drives and installed a 6.5 Gb IDE drive,
key'd the F6 on startup and selected the SP4 version ATAPI.SYS IDE
driver but still the same result. I have also removed the CD-Rom drive
and installed from floppy disk, this gives the same problem but when
the FAT File System driver is loaded instead of the previous CD-Rom
File System driver.

Can anyone help with the installation problem or possibly point me
towards an IBM ServerGuide CD that includes NT as an option.

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Roadster-2 - 18 Jan 2006 22:59 GMT

Surely someone out there must have had a similar problem on one of
these PC's ??

Did you sort it (and how ?) or were you forced to give up. IBM are as
usless as a chocolate fireguard.

Since the first message I have fitted a PCI graphics card. The IBM
gives a 'PCI Device not responding' error but the monitor output is
only available from the PCI card. Still the same problem occurs
though.

Help !!

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jg - 04 Feb 2006 17:38 GMT

Have you tried SP5 ?

looks like you are hardy soul going unsupported route. NT was not designed
for P4, definietly not for xSeries 206 it was more like 486 to PI or may be
P2 PC's.

If you insist on using NT4 for some legacy application,, it would be much
easier to use VPC::
add more ram total 750MB to 1GB, install virtual PC 2004 or virtual
server 2005 depending on your need
install nt on one of the VM
and you will likely get support for the VPC and VS from microsoft for
the installation of NT 4
and you can count on more people using NT on VPC or VM to help out.
microsoft.public.virtualpc, microsoft.public.virtualserver
Good luck

> Surely someone out there must have had a similar problem on one of
> these PC's ??
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> Help !!

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jg - 04 Feb 2006 17:48 GMT

one more thing, if you have not tried fixing the BIOS for NT:
NT is not quite plug and play
manually config IRQ, DMA...for you expansion cards or tell BIOS you are
not installing Plug and play OS

> Surely someone out there must have had a similar problem on one of
> these PC's ??
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> Help !!

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