I am trying to install Windows NT 4.0 build 1141 in 86Box. The CD is not bootable so I have to use a DOS/95/98 bootdisk and WINNT, but literally nothing is working:
-WINNT (creates boot floppies and copies setup files to hard disk) does not work because setup cannot find the hard disk files (which are indeed there).
-WINNT /B (floppyless operation) does not work because after booting from the hard disk, KBDUS.DLL fails to load.
-WINNT /OX (create boot floppies for CD-ROM based installation) does not work because even though the CD is connected, setup thinks it is not (when it asks for the CD-ROM, pressing enter does nothing. It acts like the CD is not even connected).
These problems happen with no matter what kind of boot disk I use, as well as if I copy the I386 folder from the CD to the hard disk.
Is there something I am missing? Is there a fix or a successful way to install this build?
Specs:
Award 430VX PCI (Now called Shuttle HOT-557)
Pentium 120
32MB RAM
Phoenix S3 Trio64
PS/2 mouse
Sound Blaster 16
Novell NE2000
BusLogic BT-545S (switching between SCSI and IDE during setup and through 86Box config does not work)
1024MB hard disk
Thanks
Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
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SupernovaNick
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Re: Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
Is the hard disk type in BIOS set to LBA?
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SupernovaNick
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Re: Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
This does not work...Overdoze wrote:Is the hard disk type in BIOS set to LBA?
Re: Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
Using this config, it installs perfectly fine for me in 86Box 2.07 using DOS 6.22 bootdisk and WINNT /B. Both hard drive and CD-ROM set to IDE/ATAPI, hard drive also set to LBA mode in CMOS. I tried the same with a Windows 98 SE No-Ramdrive bootdisk, made a FAT16 partition, lock c:, smartdrv c+, then WINNT /B and got the KBDUS.DLL error.
So use a DOS 6.22 bootdisk with IDE HDD and CD-ROM, HDD set to LBA mode and it should work unless there's something else at play here.
So use a DOS 6.22 bootdisk with IDE HDD and CD-ROM, HDD set to LBA mode and it should work unless there's something else at play here.
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Re: Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
These specs. work for me in 86Box on Windows 10:
[Socket7VX] Epox P55-VA
Pentium 100/50
Memory 128MB
[PCI] Phoenix S3 Trio32
Standard PS/2 Mouse
CD Atapi 0:1
Hard Disk IDE 1204MB
fdisk and format c: with Windows 95 boot disk.
Run r:\cd i386
lock c:
winnt /b
[Socket7VX] Epox P55-VA
Pentium 100/50
Memory 128MB
[PCI] Phoenix S3 Trio32
Standard PS/2 Mouse
CD Atapi 0:1
Hard Disk IDE 1204MB
fdisk and format c: with Windows 95 boot disk.
Run r:\cd i386
lock c:
winnt /b
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SupernovaNick
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Re: Windows NT 4.0 Build 1141 in 86Box
Thanks Overdoze, this worked.Overdoze wrote:use a DOS 6.22 bootdisk with IDE HDD and CD-ROM, HDD set to LBA mode and it should work unless there's something else at play here.