VMware Windows NT 3.51

Post by **eggi36** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:10 pm

Hello everybody, I have installed MS-DOS 6.22 under vmware and now I need an standard-CD-ROM driver. Does anybody have it?

Post by **Saul** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:56 pm

Try extracting the floppy disk image from Microsofts virtual PC 2003 SP1

Post by **user99672** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:57 pm

have you tried MSCDEX.EXE ? that and I've had the same issue (gave up though.) Is there a CD-ROM version out there by a chance?

Post by **eggi36** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:18 pm

So, I don't need the driver anymore, but now I have a new problem, when I'am boot up the nt 3.51 setup and inserted the second diskette comes the bootscreen and nothing happens. I have to boot up by diskettes because when I'm booting up by the CD-ROM Windows setup say, I have to make three startup disks.

Post by **Pwned** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:22 pm

eggi36 wrote:So, I don't need the driver anymore, but now I have a new problem, when I'am boot up the nt 3.51 setup and inserted the second diskette comes the bootscreen and nothing happens. I have to boot up by diskettes because when I'm booting up by the CD-ROM Windows setup say, I have to make three startup disks.

You can override the floppy check. Just use "winnt.exe /b" or "setup.exe /b" instead of just "winnt.exe" or "setup.exe".

Post by **eggi36** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:26 pm

But that's my problem, I can't started the setup with parameters, because I have no DOS cd-rom drivers , so I have to boot directly from the cd

Post by **Pwned** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:33 pm

eggi36 wrote:But that's my problem, I can't started the setup with parameters, because I have no DOS cd-rom drivers , so I have to boot directly from the cd

I PM you special boot CD now. Wait.

Post by **eggi36** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:57 am

Thank you

Post by **eggi36** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:00 pm

also with the cd-driver the bootscreen hang after the dos-part of the setup, I think VMware can't emulate nt 3.51 and some other longhorn builds.

Post by **MonsterMagnet** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:44 pm

I have succesfully ran 3.51 on VMWare. What version of VMWare are you using?

Post by **eggi36** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:08 pm

I have VMware 7.0

Post by **The Distractor** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:12 pm

For a DOS 6.22 cdrom driver, use OAKCDROM.SYS (google it)

put OAKCDROM.SYS on the disk and
add to config.sys:

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DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001

add to autoexec.bat:

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MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001

Post by **eggi36** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:01 pm

Sorry, but I've already get a cd Driver, but thank you. Now my problem is to get nt 3.51 installed on VMware. It won't start.

Post by **eggi36** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:46 pm

I've done it, I installed nt 3.1 at first and then upgrade to 3.51. Thank you all for your help

Post by **hb860** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:18 pm

Any screenshot here ?

Post by **eggi36** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:08 pm

here are some screenshots:

But I have two problems: the first is, that I can't start any programms, I get an error, here for example netsacpe:

And now the biggest. I have nt let detected the video adapter drivers, but now I get a bluescreen , it also don't boot in vga mode

can anybody help

and before anbody ask, I run Windows 7 but use the Vista-Sidebar. And the green points are a binary clock and I have a notebook computer.

Post by **hb860** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:43 pm

Nice Windows 3.11+NT hybrid
Does it have boot last success config in boot options ?
Tip: you can mount virtual HDD from VM into readwrite mode.
But be careful: if it NTFS - 7 convert it to modern NTFS revision and you lost your NT.
So, if your VHHD is FAT, attach it and seek the backups of registry file. In NT 5.x systems it was a c:\windows\repair; try to restore SYSTEM file. In NT 5.x systems it was a c:\windows\system32\config\system

Post by **Vista Ultimate R2** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:55 pm

I haven't tried Netscape, but if you have all the various updates (SP5, plus some additional ones, common controls update, etc) then you can run Firefox 2, which is much more modern -

Post by **eggi36** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:11 pm

@ Vista ultimate R2: It looks nice, where do you get the videocard drivers?

Post by **Vista Ultimate R2** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:43 pm

It was from this package, I think probably the ones from the 3.0 > Normal folder but if not try the 2.0 ones.

Post by **MonsterMagnet** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:36 pm

And if that does not work, you can always try this driver, which works on ALL Windows versions of the NT family (NT, 2000, XP, 2003, not tested on either longhorn, vista or 7)

Post by **eggi36** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:03 pm

The links contain the same file.
Thank you for the driver, it works.
But I have to reinstall WIndows NT.
Here is an screenshot:

I'm gonna try to install firefox now, and the last thing I need is a soundcrad driver. Have sombody anyone?

edit: I have an driver fpr soundcard
edit: when I try to install firefox I get also this error:

Post by **MonsterMagnet** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:40 pm

Hmmm... Seems it can't find the C runtime library.. Perhaps the PATH variable isn't set correctly?

I'm not sure how stuff works on Win3.x, so don't blame me if it goes wrong, but try removing the .; from the path variable.

Also, check the directories it mentions to see if the C runtime library is actually there (msvcrt.dll)

Post by **aybe** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:42 am

It's now a couple of days I'm trying to install NT 3.51 on Vmware, so far, no luck. I am using Vmware 6/7 under Windows 7.
I get up to the first reboot, when it boots, it always show twice the amount of memory I have set, then it freezes.
I have tried many different configurations but nothing still ... I tried to go from 3.1 to 3.5/3.51 but they all freeze the same.

Can you tell what settings you have chosen ?

Thanks !

Post by **eggi36** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:30 pm

oh, good question, I'm sitting here on a crusie ship, but I think, when you qant to create the vm choose advanced mode, then vmware 6.5 and in the operating system drop down list windows nt, the vhd as ide, then install msdos 6.22 and a cd.-om driver. Then start the setup of nt 3.1 and insatll it, on my pc it works. Then upgrade nt 3.1 to 3.51 and insatll the latest service pack.