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Hi Jiri,
Thank you for your response I will try this and let you know the outcome
Cheers
Shankar
"Jiri Tuma" wrote:
> If you can remove disk and prepare it externally, You can try following
> "workaround":
> prepare FAT16 type system partition on begin of disk formatted by MS-DOS
> 6.22 (see www.bootdisk.com for system floppy image, if you have not any).
> Rest of disk space can be preformatted as one or two big NTFS partitions,
> depending on disk size and type of use. Copy i386 folder from CD to this
> FAT16 partition and return disk back to your machine, boot to DOS, go to
> i386 folder and run "WINNT /B" command to start NT setup. If you need more
> space then FAT16 partition can hold, direct setup to install to another
> (preformatted!) NTFS partition.
>
> Warning! To preformat NTFS partitions on your disk, use only win NT system!
> Do not use w2K or WXP, they are using NTFS systems incompatible with NT
> setup! It is possible to even install temporary NT instance to first small
> FAT partition and use it to repartition rest of disk before setup of final
> OS instance. NTFS partitions should be preformatted before start of setup,
> as NT setup is able to use preformatted NTFS partitions but it is not able
> to format them itself! If you want to install to partition that ends above
> first 7.8GB on (E)IDE disk, you need to have updated ATAPI.SYS ver SP4
> driver disk and use F6 trick on begin of NT setup to install your OS
> properly. Full access to disk space after first 7.8GB of IDE disk you can
> get after installing at least SP4 (SP6a recommended, however).
>
> Notes:
> maximal size of system FAT16 partition is only 2GB (2047MB) - this
> limitation si coming from use of DOS for first installation step. NT based
> systems can maintain FAT16 partition up to 4GB, so if you need one partition
> in size between 2-4GB, you need to preformat it as FAT16 under NT system or
> NT setup (again beware of w2K and WXP as they will format it in FAT32),
> boot from DOS floppy and run "sys c:" command to replace NT loader by MS DOS
> files.
>
> minimal size depends on chosen Win NT partition scheme (depending on size of
> your disk and applications to be installed):
> To hold only installation files you need about 150MB of space (they have
> only 80MB, but you need to cover slack space and you need also some
> manipulation space for NT setup files)
> To install minimal NT instance (including i386 folder) you need at least
> 300MB
> To install patched NT and hold install files you need about 450MB at least.
> If you wish to install also applications, add application size to this
> number.
>
> Standard recommended scheme for large disks:
> C: FAT16 partition 500-2047MB, holds NT loader files, installation files and
> eventually "secondary" OS instance for fast troubleshoting purposes.
> D: NTFS partition up to first 7.8GB, holds main NT OS instance files and
> basic applications
> E: NTFS partition up to end of disk, holds data, spooler, temporary folder
> and eventually also user profiles.
>
>
> "shan" <shan@discussions.microsoft.com> pùe v diskusnÃm pøÃspìvku
> news:A3B75975-0672-46E2-8489-9B7359F55BD8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to install on a machine which dose not have a CDROM Drive.
> > This is machine is mounted on a DVD manufacturing machinery. It has a
> CDROM
> > drive but no any other ports, it has a PCMCIA port.
> >
> > My question is ... if I copy the Nt4 CDROM content to the PCMCIA 1GB
> memory
> > card
> > then start the installation from the NT4 Boot discs will NT4 detect the
> > PCMCIA as mass storage and continue the NT4 workstation installation?.
> >
> > I have tried removing this HDD installed NT4 externally then mounted the
> HDD
> > on the machine but this failed in Hardware profile, I cannot do the repair
> as
> > I do not have CDROM.
> > I wanted your input on this and whether PCMCIA will be recognize as mass
> > storage device?
> >
> > Please help
> > Many Thanks
> > Shankar
> >
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