oerg866 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi, i'm trying to install Windows NT 4.0 on a P85-D3 motherboard, and it's not working really. So far I got Windows 98 working without problems, but NT4 is being very stubborn. The issue is that I can't get it to either install or boot (assuming I've carried over the HDD from somewhere else), no matter what combination of IDE/SATA controllers and drivers I use. My previous board with the B75 chipset was working fine, but it had native PCI, but the 8 series chipsets ditched PCI and instead implement it via a ITE IT8892E PCIe to PCI bridge. I always get a BSOD saying "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE". Normally I know how to fix that, use a mass storage controller with NT4 drivers. But this just won't work at all. So far I've tried these things:Boot NT Setup via CD-ROM on onboard SATA ports, using UNIATA driversBoot NT Setup via CD-ROM on Promise Ultra133 TX2, using UNIATA and PROMISE's driversSetup via WINNT /B using Promise Ultra133 TX2 with Hard DiskSetup via WINNT /B using Promise SATA150 TX2+ with Hard DiskSetup via WINNT /B using onboard SATA portsBoot floppies via USB disk drive (doesn't work, I guess that's because NT4 has no USB support and access via BIOS interrupts stos when the kernel takes over)Using WinNT /B I have provided mass storage drivers using a USB floppy drive, when using the CD-ROM methods I have integrated the drivers (but i've also tried floppies using a vanilla CD). Last but not least I've tried running the first setup stage on another machine and then carrying over the HDD to the NT4 system, including doing a full install and running SP6, that didn't work either. So, I'm genuinely stuck for a change D: Any ideas? CheersEric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Nobody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 I tried two SCSI card with a seagate cheetah drive (LSI Megaraid 475 and DELL PERC-2/SC), same result, INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 What is the exact MB and what bios setup options are available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 GIGABYTE P85-D3 Should I list all BIOS options or what do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Set SATA Configuration in the Advanced Tab to "IDE" or "IDE Mode".Install on a VM or on an older machine with a real IDE HDD, then clone to the new machine.Read more abot it here: <link> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've already tried all of that (in fact, it was the first thing I tried). Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 >Grab random hard disk for testing a few things in DOS>Don't pay attention for boot prompt>suddenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Wow! Congratulations!!! Now, that's not how do we do it here at MSFN: the idea is to help others in a similar situation to get there, too!So: those three lines you've quoted below... whence do they come? who are you quoting? how did you finally get the OS installed? >Grab random hard disk for testing a few things in DOS>Don't pay attention for boot prompt>suddenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Those > are to symbolize what happened here. I did those things, I wanted to test a few DOS drivers so I grabbed a hard disk from my stash and the IDE controller, a NT4 installation was already on it and I didn't pay attention only to find a fully booted NT4. Strange, isn't it? But I'm content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Okay, as it turns out, Windows NT refuses to boot if I have anything other than the standard hal.dll installed. If I run a MPS kernel with either uniprocessor or multiprocessor support it won't boot. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oerg866 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 I just found this: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170950-windows-2000-on-haswell/page-3 this is the same problem as with Windows 2000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnX Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 To fix that you'll need to disable the com port in the BIOS as bluebolt did while installing 2K on Z97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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