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It won't work install Virtual Machine Additions. I Insert VMAdditions 13.306 CD on NT 4.5.
And it's pretty obvious why if you look at the image you posted. OpenNT 4.5 is based on the leaked Windows sources, which means that it's essentially Windows NT 4.0 SP3 (with several custom fixes on top of it). See the Windows NT 4.0 Reference Material page on Service Packs for more info. Basically 1,283 bugs were fixed in the subsequent Service Packs.
@Stephanos: Keep up the great work, mate! I'm impressed just how quickly you managed to add support for larger hard drives. Will the various NT 5 kernel features you're working on include USB support? The NT 4.0 Reference Material site has some notes on NT 4.0's USB support. I've only investigated the GPL-licensed (not public domain, as the page claims) USB stack by Woodhead (Zhiming), but it doesn't seem to include the "Eject USB safely" feature (that little icon in the systray) present in W2K and newer Windows releases.
os2fan2 wrote:Did you try resetting the CSDlevel of the OS and try again.
What's the 'CSDlevel' and How to set the CSDlevel?
the registry CSDVersion specifies the service pack version. For now, OpenNT 4.5 CSDVersion is 0x000 (no SP). You could try modifying it to 0x600 (SP 6) and see if that changes anything.
Unfortunately, yes. The hosting company failed once again. I'm considering moving to a different hosting company ..
psyche wrote:@Stephanos: Keep up the great work, mate! I'm impressed just how quickly you managed to add support for larger hard drives. Will the various NT 5 kernel features you're working on include USB support? The NT 4.0 Reference Material site has some notes on NT 4.0's USB support. I've only investigated the GPL-licensed (not public domain, as the page claims) USB stack by Woodhead (Zhiming), but it doesn't seem to include the "Eject USB safely" feature (that little icon in the systray) present in W2K and newer Windows releases.
Thanks As for the kernel features only, USB support addition is not directly related. NT 5 kernel port will come with a better PnP support, however. Since it seems many people are interested in USB support, I will try to get it implemented soon.
Holmes wrote:I cant run this it just gives me an error and wont run.
Could you please elaborate? (i.e. your testing environment, error message)
How to install IE4 and IE6?
I set CSDVersion 0x600, but it doesn't working.
First, IE4 shows error message, "You must have NT SUR 4.0 Gold (version 1381)". I don't know what I should do.
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fexuaz555 wrote:How to install IE4 and IE6?
I set CSDVersion 0x600, but it doesn't working.
First, IE4 shows error message, "Please Install Gold version of Windows NT 4.0 (version 1381)". I don't know what I should do.
Install a different browser, also this is a fork of NT 4.0, not the original.
Stephanos, I had a question, are you also considering compiling this for non-x86 platforms (like PowerPC)? I suppose it's a rather pointless endeavor due to the specific hardware requirements, but I figure I'd ask anyway.
James wrote:Stephanos, I had a question, are you also considering compiling this for non-x86 platforms (like PowerPC)? I suppose it's a rather pointless endeavor due to the specific hardware requirements, but I figure I'd ask anyway.
In fact, that is one of the project's primary goals. I'm putting AMD64 as the first priority non-i386 build (this will include a full system port to AMD64, which is not currently implemented) and then possibly ARM (mainly targeting Raspberry Pi community and tons of other ARM devices ..) or MIPS after that. PowerPC and Alpha versions will eventually be built as well. As for PowerPC, I am thinking about implementing HALs for old PPC-based Macs so that it can be a lot more useful. For Alpha, unfortunately, I don't have a machine to carry out development on, nor does it look like I will be able to justify spending nearly thousand dollars on an archaic Alpha machine. In long term (could be years ..), I plan to implement an Alpha 21064-compatible core and create a functional Alpha SoC on an FPGA.
I was wondering, Stephanos, if you could put an extra parameter for the kernel so it could boot like NT4.
However, it could show the files being loaded at the same time promoting usefulness as a live bootlog.
Similar to this:
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I have a Dec AlphaStation 500 but it has a slightly broken PSU and I could do some testing there (as soon as I get a new PSU or get the one I have fixed)
I also have some MIPS machines, however not the ones that WinNT originally ran on (MIPS Magnum), and a Motorola PowerStack II and IBM RS/6000 43P (at least the IBM one should theoretically run NT)
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yourepicfailure wrote:I was wondering, Stephanos, if you could put an extra parameter for the kernel so it could boot like NT4.
However, it could show the files being loaded at the same time promoting usefulness as a live bootlog.
You get the full boot log (including driver load and bus enumeration) if you connect the kernel debugger to checked build (x86chk) with /DEBUG set. I could redirect all DbgPrint outputs to the boot console (which includes the driver load status), but I am not sure if this would be a good idea as it could make the boot screen look messy. For now, I will add a new boot option /VERBOSE to make the kernel display all DbgPrint outputs to the boot console on x86chk build only.
Darkstar wrote:I have a Dec AlphaStation 500 but it has a slightly broken PSU and I could do some testing there (as soon as I get a new PSU or get the one I have fixed)
I also have some MIPS machines, however not the ones that WinNT originally ran on (MIPS Magnum), and a Motorola PowerStack II and IBM RS/6000 43P (at least the IBM one should theoretically run NT)
That's great. I will ask for your help later when I manage to get the Alpha version built. As for MIPS, I will be using QEmu Magnum as the test platform. It would be nice to have other MIPS machines to test it on, nonetheless (assuming they support ARC firmware, it shouldn't be too much of an hassle to get MIPS NT working on them).
yourepicfailure wrote:Stephanos, got an old Xbox360? Hacked up, it'd be a great PPC test client.
Mines hacked up and ready for testing if you need one there...
No. I don't have an Xbox 360. I would prefer PPC-based Mac as the development platform though, as I wouldn't need to bother with circumventing security features and various other limitations that may arise from the Xbox's proprietary nature. I might consider Xbox 360 HAL port once the PPC Mac port is functional.
yourepicfailure wrote:Stephanos, got an old Xbox360? Hacked up, it'd be a great PPC test client.
Mines hacked up and ready for testing if you need one there...
No. I don't have an Xbox 360. I would prefer PPC-based Mac as the development platform though, as I wouldn't need to bother with circumventing security features and various other limitations that may arise from the Xbox's proprietary nature. I might consider Xbox 360 HAL port once the PPC Mac port is functional.
I did say mine's already "fixed".
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off"
You will never tear me from the grasp of the Pentium M!
yourepicfailure wrote:Stephanos, got an old Xbox360? Hacked up, it'd be a great PPC test client.
Mines hacked up and ready for testing if you need one there...
No. I don't have an Xbox 360. I would prefer PPC-based Mac as the development platform though, as I wouldn't need to bother with circumventing security features and various other limitations that may arise from the Xbox's proprietary nature. I might consider Xbox 360 HAL port once the PPC Mac port is functional.
I did say mine's already "fixed".
The main problem with that is I can't use your Xbox 360 to develop and test.
James wrote:Stephanos, I had a question, are you also considering compiling this for non-x86 platforms (like PowerPC)? I suppose it's a rather pointless endeavor due to the specific hardware requirements, but I figure I'd ask anyway.
In fact, that is one of the project's primary goals. I'm putting AMD64 as the first priority non-i386 build (this will include a full system port to AMD64, which is not currently implemented) and then possibly ARM (mainly targeting Raspberry Pi community and tons of other ARM devices ..) or MIPS after that. PowerPC and Alpha versions will eventually be built as well. As for PowerPC, I am thinking about implementing HALs for old PPC-based Macs so that it can be a lot more useful. For Alpha, unfortunately, I don't have a machine to carry out development on, nor does it look like I will be able to justify spending nearly thousand dollars on an archaic Alpha machine. In long term (could be years ..), I plan to implement an Alpha 21064-compatible core and create a functional Alpha SoC on an FPGA.
That is awesome. I've been really fascinated by PowerPC stuff these days, but I don't have any PowerPC Macs. I had gotten my hands on a G4 iMac, but it was dead, so I put it on eBay.
Battler wrote:- Stephanos: Any plan to support the NEC PC-98? You can use the Anex86 emulator to test that.
It should be technically possible to support PC-98xx with 80386+ by porting the HAL and modifying the boot process (i.e. bootstrap code and NTLDR). Although technically possible, I am not sure about the current PC-98 user base and its potential usefulness for the amount of work put into it. For now, I will be working on the AMD64 and other high priority ports first (e.g. ARM). After I achieve most of the current project goals, I might consider it (or alternatively, if someone else capable and willing shows up, he/she can work on it).
On a side note, does Anex86 emulator support PC-98xx with 80386 and above? At first glance, it seems like it only emulates 8086-based PC-98 (which we simply cannot port NT to).
Battler wrote:- Stephanos: Any plan to support the NEC PC-98? You can use the Anex86 emulator to test that.
It should be technically possible to support PC-98xx with 80386+ by porting the HAL and modifying the boot process (i.e. bootstrap code and NTLDR). Although technically possible, I am not sure about the current PC-98 user base and its potential usefulness for the amount of work put into it.
Well, PC-98's user base is certainly larger than the user base for MIPS and Alpha Systems, that's for sure And if you don't count Macs, it's probably also larger than the "classic" PPC (PReP) user base
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What about support for the Nintendo 64, Gamecube, and Wii? Those use processors NT4 was released for (N64 uses MIPS, GC and Wii use PowerPC), So it could be possible.
And do you plan on graphical changes? I could think of some things for you to add if possible, Including a graphical boot screen, And gradient title bars (like in Windows 98 and 2000)
I just installed this in a Virtual Machine (using VirtualPC), And this is good work, Wonder how good this will be on hardware that supports NT4
Last thing to ask you, Do you mind if I posted videos of this being used? Since I post computer videos and someday would like to post videos of this running on some computers and in the VM and wanted to make sure if it was OK before I did it.
MSUser2013 wrote:What about support for the Nintendo 64, Gamecube, and Wii? Those use processors NT4 was released for (N64 uses MIPS, GC and Wii use PowerPC), So it could be possible.
And do you plan on graphical changes? I could think of some things for you to add if possible, Including a graphical boot screen, And gradient title bars (like in Windows 98 and 2000)
I just installed this in a Virtual Machine (using VirtualPC), And this is good work, Wonder how good this will be on hardware that supports NT4
Last thing to ask you, Do you mind if I posted videos of this being used? Since I post computer videos and someday would like to post videos of this running on some computers and in the VM and wanted to make sure if it was OK before I did it.
I'm working on a few of the graphical changes such as Gradient title bars.
However, I'm waiting on his SDK. Right now, I'm working on what I can, such as a few ports but unresolved header dependencies is keeping me off doing the big things, like porting explorer browseui.
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off"
You will never tear me from the grasp of the Pentium M!
MSUser2013 wrote:What about support for the Nintendo 64, Gamecube, and Wii? Those use processors NT4 was released for (N64 uses MIPS, GC and Wii use PowerPC), So it could be possible.
And do you plan on graphical changes? I could think of some things for you to add if possible, Including a graphical boot screen, And gradient title bars (like in Windows 98 and 2000)
I just installed this in a Virtual Machine (using VirtualPC), And this is good work, Wonder how good this will be on hardware that supports NT4
Last thing to ask you, Do you mind if I posted videos of this being used? Since I post computer videos and someday would like to post videos of this running on some computers and in the VM and wanted to make sure if it was OK before I did it.
For now, there are no explicit plans for those ports. It's too early to say whether I will be working on them or not as I literally have hundreds of things to work on at this time and I don't know how long it will take to go through them all. I might work on them in the future if I manage to complete most high priority tasks, or if the project gets more developers who can work on them.
Graphical boot screen (bootvid) will be implemented soon after the NT 5 kernel port task is complete. The Win 2000 shell update task, which will include gradient title bars, is currently in the TODO list.
And I don't mind anyone posting videos about this project.
Will the various NT 5 kernel features you're working on include USB support? The NT 4.0 Reference Material site has some notes on NT 4.0's USB support. I've only investigated the GPL-licensed (not public domain, as the page claims) USB stack by Woodhead (Zhiming), but it doesn't seem to include the "Eject USB safely" feature (that little icon in the systray) present in W2K and newer Windows releases.
it just gives me an error and wont run.
As for the kernel features only, USB support addition is not directly related. NT 5 kernel port will come with a better PnP support, however. Since it seems many people are interested in USB support, I will try to get it implemented soon.
And if you don't count Macs, it's probably also larger than the "classic" PPC (PReP) user base