Problems Building a WinNT installation

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Mick536, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. Mick536

    Mick536 Junior Member

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    Hi All -

    I'm building a WindowsNT Workstation 4.0 VM. The video driver from prl-tools-other.iso works fine.

    The installation of the LAN driver fails, as in an alert comes up: "Installation failed."

    The Windows98 installation ran, but doesn't work. There also is no NT audio driver in prl-tools-other.

    How can I get to my shared drives, with sound? ;-)

    I'd forgotten how snappy WinNT is.

    Thanks
    Mick
     
  2. Mick536

    Mick536 Junior Member

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    Answering part of my own question: This is how to get to the LAN. Everything happens in the Control Panel.
    In Devices:
    Set NetDetect to Automatic

    In Services:
    Set Network DDE to Automatic
    Set Network DDE DSDM to Automatic

    In Network:
    In Protocol add Simple TCP/IP. You'll need the WinNT CD-ROM
    In Adaptors use Update and prl-tools-other.iso to load the WinNT driver. Look for (2) RealTek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet NIC as success. In properties, select Full Duplex.
    In Properties select DHCP and in Routing, Enable IP Forwarding.

    I don't _know_ that all those steps are required, but those got me there. Still looking for how to get shared folders to show. Right now, everything is placed inside via the Parallels mounter. It's a kick looking at IE 2.0! (but its not really getting me anywhere.)

    I'll post again when I get sound or the folders.

    ...Mick
     
  3. Mick536

    Mick536 Junior Member

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  4. Mick536

    Mick536 Junior Member

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    Solved the sound problem. Get the Windows NT Realtek driver here:

    http://218.210.127.131/downloads/do...=23&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

    It crashed NT the first startup afterwards for me, but after that, all seems working well.

    I don't know enough about networked drives. Can anyone advise what services are involved? Or what to Google? Using "networked drives" returns a lot of sites that tell me how to map a drive. That much I know.

    ...Mick
     

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