Setting up Windows NT

[markharvey]

Hi There,

Iam currently setting up Windows NT and i keep getting error messages,

ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. error code 4

and

line 3468 of the .inf file is invalid

what do these mean ???

do you know how to correct these errors ??

yours desperatly

Mark

 

[Mubashir]

Are you installing NT on DEC Alpha-based platform?

How did you partition the hard disk?

Is there any other OS on the system or was there any other OS?

Need this info to proceed.

Mubashir
muhammad.mubashir@sbp.org.pk

Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Newton

 

[age]

Mark, I got this from Technet - hope it helps!

Adrian

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INVALID LINE ... IN INF FILE during Windows NT Setup

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you perform either an unattended or regular Windows NT setup, you may receive the following error message:


INVALID LINE X IN INF FILE

Where X is usually the numeral 1 or 2 but could be any number.



CAUSE
There may be a hardware failure or an improper CMOS setting that causes the Winnt.sif or Txtsetup.sif file to get corrupted during the file copy portion of setup.

This may also be caused by fragmentation on the local drive, bad copy across the network, or you may have a typographical error in the Unattend.txt configuration file.



RESOLUTION
This error message may be generated by one of several problems at a hardware level:



Check the CMOS settings for the computer and verify all settings are correct. You may need to reset the CMOS setting back to factory defaults.


Check for a L2 cache failure (if it's a Pentium pro machine the L2 cache is built in on the processor).


Check for bad or mismatched RAM Memory SIMM Modules.


Remove adapter cards such as NIC, Modems, Sound cards that are not required for booting.


If all the above fail to detect the problem, there may be a problem with the motherboard.


If an error is received about any other line being invalid, for example: INVALID LINE 346 IN INF FILE, an actual setup file may be corrupt. Most Likely this file could be a corrupt Unattend.txt file in either Windows NT 3.51 or Windows NT 4.0. In each case, recreating Unattend.txt using Setupmgr.exe will fix the problem.
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