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Install Nt Server on a 9Gb SCSI HD

How can i install Windows NT4 Server on a blank 9,1 Gb SCSI3 HD ?

I have an error about >1024 cylinders.

My SCSI card is a Tekram 390 U2B

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Ignore the error if the primary partition is under 4 gig's and just install the software.  If the primary is over 4 gig's then repartition it to 4 gig's or under and there shouldn't be an issue.
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I have already Partioned it.
I made one partition of 2Gb FAT16 with DOS.
Is your scsii card on the HCL. I've error messages like this because on incompatable hardware.
Check your SCSI cards BIOS. Many of them will have an over 1024 cylinders option that you have to enable.

Craig
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cmcgee:
Int13 is enabled
over 1 Gb Drive is enabled

Banyan:
The motherboard is an abit BP6 with 2xCeleron400A (66). I have tried with one proc.

Please Help me !!!!!!
This is a known problem with NT.

You can check this article from the knowledgebase for details.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q127/1/34.asp

I haven't found Microsoft's workarounds to be at all helpful.  What I end up doing is using a 4.3 gb SCSI drive for the first half of setup (the portion using the floppies), at which point I use the "Ghost" program to transfer all the data to the drive I will be using.  You just have to watch the partition sizes in Ghost and everything works out.

                Mike

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Well, I found an answer by myself.

- Boot with an Win98 Install Disk
- Fdisk
- 2 partions: 150MO and 2047MO fat16
- Format 2 partitions
- Boot with an Win98 Install Disk
- %CDDRIVE%\i386\winnt /b to install the temp files for NT
- Reboot with The 3 Install Disk for NT
- Install WINNT repertory on D: after a NTFS format of the second partition (2047MO)
- Bypass the Screen about 1024 Cylinders
- Standard NT Install

.....

- Start the Disk Manager from NT Format the rest of the HD (beware of the boot.ini modif)

Thanx to all.