Re: nt 40 install failure

Josh Hillman ( (no email) )
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:38:38 -0400

> From: Mark <inetmail@fiber-net.com>
> not that i know of. fdisk with msdos 6.20 system disk.
> i will double check tho.

Have you tried letting the NT boot disks handle the partitioning/formatting
of the drive(s)??

Josh Hillman
hillman@talstar.com

> At 10:38 AM 7/17/98 +1000, you wrote:
> >You wouldn't happen to have answered "Yes" to Fdisk to use Fat32?
> >
> >NT needs your boot patition to be Fat16 or NTFS formatted
> >
> >As far as I know anyway, unless someone knows different :)
> >
> >Ray
> >
> >At 07:33 PM 16-07-98 -0400, Mark DeWar wrote:
> >>I am trying to install nt40 on a new machine. but everytime it gets
ready to
> >>install it says can't find the ms-dos partion made to install nt.
> >>So i fdisked and formatted. did no good. just fdisked it. no good.
> >>what does this error mean and how do i continue on.