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Guest Operating System Installation Guide
Windows NT 4.0
Support
This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
• VMware Workstation 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.5, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2 — Windows NT 4.0,
Service Pack 6a required
• VMware GSX Server 3.0, 3.1 — Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6a required
• VMware ESX Server 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1 — Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6a required
Note: With a Windows NT guest operating system, only a uniprocessor virtual
machine is supported.
• VMware VirtualCenter 1.1 — Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6a required
General Installation Notes
Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 13 as well as this
guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
You can install Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation or Server) in a virtual machine using the
standard Windows NT CD. If your VMware product supports it, you may also install
from a PXE server.
VMware GSX Server: If you intend to run a Windows NT virtual machine with IDE
virtual disks on a multiprocessor host computer, you may notice slower than expected
disk input/output performance. For more information, see Disk Performance in
Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts in the GSX Server documentation.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and
configured a new virtual machine
Installation Steps
1. Insert the Windows NT CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows NT.
3. Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.
4. Virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance.
You can enable the feature after installing Windows NT. You need the NT Service
Pack 3 or 4 CD to enable this option. Once the virtual machine is running
Windows NT, insert the SP3 or SP4 CD in the drive, run DMACHECK.EXE from
the \SUPPORT\UTILS\I386 folder on the CD and click the Enabled option
for the IDE controller/channel that is configured with the virtual disk (typically
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