I have been trying for some time, without success, to load NT4.0 on a PS/1 presently running DOS 6.0 and Windows 3.1. Neither DOS nor the NT boot discs will look at the CD; the system just hangs, perhaps because there are so many files in one directory. However, using Win 3.1 File Manager, I copied the whole disc to a drive in the extended partition. Since then I have used the WINNT/b command to start loading. All goes well through the DOS part of the procedure. When instucted, I press 'enter' to reboot. A large number of files is loaded into memory, then up comes the dreaded BSOD with the message:-

1. System processor [64Mb memory] multiprocessor kernel

followed, after some delay and no audible 'goings on' inside the brute, by:-

*** STOP: 0×000007B (0×F9013BD4, 0×C0000034, 0×0000000, 0×0000000)
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

CPUID: Authentic AMD 4.e.4 irq1:0 SYSVER 0×f0000565.

There then follows a list of files, including ntoskernel.exe, hal.dll and 45 '.sys' files with what appear to be memory locations and dates in hex. code.

The PS/1 2168 system uses an Evergreen 586 upgrade processor (AMD 5×86(TM)P75) and a Promise EIDEMAX card to provide logical block addressing of the Maxtor 2.5Gb disc (The original IBM BIOS is not upgradeable). All this works perfectly with the present OS.

A special driver is needed for the EIDEMAX card with DOS 6, but I am assured that no such driver is necessary with any 32 bit OS, including NT4.0. The hard disc software, Maxblast, which is incompatible with NT4.0, has never been loaded, being unnecessary with the EIDEMAX card. The special hard disc jumper setting, for when NT4.0 is used and Maxblast is not, has been set correctly.

I am fairly certain now that all the hardware is NT4.0 compatible, however the NT4.0 HCL does not seem to be on the MS website any longer. I am still checking the 586 processor.

Has anyone any ideas please? Does the BSOD message make any sense? I'm getting out of my depth now.

Many thanks.

J.G.

"A special driver is needed for the EIDEMAX card with DOS 6, but I am assured that no such driver is necessary with any 32 bit OS, including NT4.0."

I don't believe this to be true. Especially if you want to boot [mount]the eidemax connected drive.

You should locate a NT4 drivers for this card and put them on a floppy diskette. There needs to be a oemsetup.inf file also for NT to read so it knows what to do. Hit f6 during the detection phase to add this driver. Without it I don't see you mounting the system with NT

Hello Wanderer,

Thanks for your response.

It was Promise Technology themselves who told me that no driver is needed. I have tried, using Google, to find a third party driver but with no luck. Do you know of a site where one might be found?

Regards,

J.G.

Wouldn't know where the driver would be.

Have you tried putting the 2.5gig drive on the internal ide channel and install to there?

The tech folks answer sounds pat to me. I have always had to add a driver if scsi or addon ide card for the NT install.