[555] in winnt
Re: WNT 4.0: how to install on 4 Gbytes? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryant Christian Vernon)
Thu Sep 28 12:30:45 2000
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:30:58 -0400
From: Bryant Christian Vernon <bcvernon@MIT.EDU>
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To: Bob Kaynor <bkaynor@mit.edu>
CC: "David S. Woodruff" <dsw@mitlns.mit.edu>,
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Hi,
As for clearing the 4GB FAT32 partition--booting off a win98 floppy and
doing a fdisk /mbr will clear the MBR and allow you to repartition the
space, if it does not already allow you to do so.
Bryant
Bob Kaynor wrote:
>
> Got a DOS (or Win95) boot disk with FDISK on it? That might allow you to
> delete all partitions which would then clear the way for NT. On the other
> hand, you might be able to do the same with a Win2000 installation CD.
>
> -RKK
>
> At 12:00 PM 09/28/2000 -0400, David S. Woodruff wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I had purchased a PC with Windows 98 installed and a 4 Gbyte disk.
> >
> >I am going to install MIT WNT 4.0 on it, and I'd like NT to use the whole
> >4 Gbytes for the C: drive. I formatted the drive using a Windows 98
> >startup floppy since the vendor had used a small partition for diagnostic
> >data, and I wanted to clear that out.
> >
> >But I am installing the WNT 4.0 now, and Setup is unable to deal with the
> >4 Gbyte partition. It claims it is 'Unformatted or Damaged' and gives me
> >an opportunity to format it. But then it says the partition can't be
> >formatted because it is too large.
> >
> >I guess I'm not surprised, since the W98 probably put FAT32 on the drive,
> >and WNT 4.0 can't deal with it. Perhaps if I was able to format it with
> >NTFS I wouldn't have the current problem.
> >
> >Do you know some way I can install WNT 4.0 on the 4G drive? Is it
> >possible to format it in some way from a floppy? Is there some other
> >workaround?
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >David S. Woodruff http://www.lns.mit.edu/~dsw
> >MIT Lab for Nuclear Science Phone: (617)-253-6943
> >24-030g, MIT Email: dsw@mitlns.mit.edu
> >77 Massachusetts Avenue FAX: (617)-258-6591
> >Cambridge, MA, 02139 Call me Ishmael.
