Hi guys, I need to perform an installation of Windows NT 4.0 server on an xSeries 206. Although the OS support matrix doesn't include support for this OS, I tried to install it anyway. Of course I ran into a blue screen shortly after the storage device drivers are loaded. I haven't much of an issue with the 205 model, only with this type. Has anybody run into this? Thanks.
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xseries 206 and Windows NT 4.0 Support -- URGENT!!
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Don't let NT detect the mass storage device...at the black screen - "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration...", press F6 to terminate the detection, then specify the driver (from diskette). Don't forget to add the CD-ROM driver before continuing.
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Catorze, I had done this and loaded the appropriate Ultra320 SCSI driver, it seems to have blue-screened on detection of the video card. I used a different video card and same result. The IBM site indicates that the OS is not supported, but I am trying to get clarification as to why since it is not architecturally that much diff than the x205 series (except for the SCSI drive). Thanks for your help.
Are you getting the BSOD during installation or after? What other video card did you try? You're right, they are similar systems, but IBM had to draw the line somewhere for NT 4.0 support - MS did too. Why are you installing NT? It's an 8 year old OS that runs best on 8 year old HW. W2K has been out long enough to be stable if you're bound by MS OSes, and WS03 ain't bad either if you like XP-style software; but Linux also runs great on xSeries hardware.
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Hi Catorze, I used the video adapter on the IBM RSA card with the same result. The reason I am installing NT is a customer once to dual boot between NT 4.0 and Win2K. I contacted IBM and they seem to concur with regards to NT support for this model. Thanks for you help.
The video chipset on the RSA II is the same Radeon 7000 as the onboard chipset. Try a different chipset (S3, Matrox, etc.) without the RSA II installed. With the RSA II installed and connected, you MUST use the RSA's video. Is this customer nuts? Why would they want a server (that supposedly runs all the time) to dual-boot? As a minimum, NT should be able to use VGA if the problem is the video chipset. Is W2K already installed? Are you installing NT on a different partition? If not, try that too. Might be a conflict with trying to find the right driver in the right System32 directory.
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