boot from NT4SP6 CD
December 1, 2006 11:04 AM Subscribe
Please don't ask why, but I want to install NT on a spare box I have lying around. I have the NT4.0 SP6 disc, which includes (I believe) the NT4.0 installer. In what way should I burn the installer onto CD so that the box will boot from it?
Also, there's two installers on the disc, both named winnt32.exe; one's in a folder named alpha, the other in a folder named i386 - what's the difference?
Also, there's two installers on the disc, both named winnt32.exe; one's in a folder named alpha, the other in a folder named i386 - what's the difference?
If you have an NT4 with SP6 disc, you should be able to boot directly from that CD - just put it in and go. If your disc is actually SP6 for NT4, you can't produce a bootable NT4 disc from it, regardless of the way you burn, since the system files just aren't present.
posted by pocams at 11:26 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by pocams at 11:26 AM on December 1, 2006
Does the disc only have the Service Pack? The SP by itself won't allow you to install anything, it'll only allow upgrades to a pre-existing, installed copy of NT.
posted by owenkun at 11:27 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by owenkun at 11:27 AM on December 1, 2006
Response by poster: It's the "NT 4 Service Pack 6" disc. If I put it in an XP box, an html page autoruns, at the bottom of which it says,
"What Else Is On This CD?
...
The files required for installing a new copy of NT 4.
Open \Support\Winnt32 folder"
That's why I'm assuming the information I need is on the disc.
posted by The_Partridge_Family at 11:35 AM on December 1, 2006
"What Else Is On This CD?
...
The files required for installing a new copy of NT 4.
Open \Support\Winnt32 folder"
That's why I'm assuming the information I need is on the disc.
posted by The_Partridge_Family at 11:35 AM on December 1, 2006
Yeah, it's unlikely that that SP6 disc has the full system installation on it, just service pack 6. Microsoft was very fond of throwing those discs around -- I seem to remember that you cold go online and request literally hundreds of them, and they'd drop 'em in overnight mail to you gratis. An old coworker and I might have done mischievous things with such numbers of discs...
posted by delfuego at 11:37 AM on December 1, 2006
posted by delfuego at 11:37 AM on December 1, 2006
"NT 4 Service Pack 6" - I do not think that is the "full install" disk.
Do you have a PC around? Sounds like it. Toss it in and boot. The NT 4 Workstation installer CDs are bootable.
Chances are the disc you have won't boot, because it's most likely just a SP CD.
posted by drstein at 8:01 PM on December 1, 2006
Do you have a PC around? Sounds like it. Toss it in and boot. The NT 4 Workstation installer CDs are bootable.
Chances are the disc you have won't boot, because it's most likely just a SP CD.
posted by drstein at 8:01 PM on December 1, 2006
I could be wrong but I don't believe Microsoft released NT 4.0 and NT 4.0 TSE discs with service packs slipstreamed into the disc. I've never seen one at least. I do know that with Windows 2000 and higher, there's a huge difference between discs that say "Windows 2000 SP4" and "Windows 2000 with SP4".
posted by bda1972 at 11:41 PM on December 1, 2006
posted by bda1972 at 11:41 PM on December 1, 2006
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