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- From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
- Subject: Re: Installation adveNTures with NT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.194412.12748@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec18.183132.9043@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:44:12 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) writes:
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- >First, I hope this is the right place to post this.
- >comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 seems to be the only group
- >discussing NT, even though my questions are more of the .setup
- >variety. Perhaps we need a comp.os.windows-nt.* hierarchy...
-
- >Anyway, I finally got NT onto my machine last night. I had to use a
- >round about method, as the CD-ROM I borrowed from work wasn't
- >recognized. This is odd, since it is mentioned in the hardware list.
- >I have an Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller and the CD-ROM is from one of
- >our Silicon Graphics Indigos. Its a Toshiba 3301. Perhaps SGI
- >tampers with the ROM in some way...?
-
- The SGI version of the 3301 has special mods (onboard software) to directly
- read the data off an ordinary (music) CD for audio processing.
- Undoubtedly the drive answers with different manufacturer codes. If
- you could get ahold of a SCSI utility and tell us the manufacturer return
- string, we might help you more (besides, I'd like to know).
-
- >During the installation, I had the opportunity to select what video
- >card I have installed. I have a Diamond Speedstar 24 (the ET4000
- >model, not the 24X), so I selected TSENGLABS 1024x768X16. This was a
- >mistake. After installation, when I booted NT, all I got was a blank
- >screen. Thinking it might be the Speedstar, which has some
- >non-standard quirks, I replaced it with the Generic ET4000 card I
- >have. This also didn't work. I could find no documentation on how to
- >make use of the "Emergency Repair Disk" that Setup creates, and I
- >couldn't find anything in the /winnt tree that looked helpful, so just
- >trashed the whole thing and started over. This time I just settled for
- >VGA and that worked. However, on the second go around, when it came
- >time to create the "Emergency Repair Disk", the formatting phase went
- >incredibly slowly. I eventually poped the disk out and let Setup die.
- >It noticed the disk was out, but when I put a different disk in, it
- >didn't handle that and just froze. I rebooted and found NT to be ok,
- >so I don't think I lost anything, other than not having a repair
- >floppy.
-
- Can't but second this. My tseng is a clone, but has Tseng labeled bioses
- and works with every other Tseng anything I have ever come across (including
- OS/2 2.0's new driver, MPEGINXG, etc). Could someone post exactly what cards
- NT *DOES* work with ??
-
- [sam]
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