Re: [WinMac] GPF Booting NT?

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 21 May 1999 08:09:43 -0500

        What would I call this?

        YEEEOWWW!

        All kidding aside, it looks more like either a hardware
problem, or a BIOS problem. NT (on a pee-cee) starts out in 16 bit
DOS mode using BIOS, then flushes out the BIOS drivers for its own
native 32 bit drivers. The tip-off is that this is occurring even
before the OS selector screen is coming up.

        This is EXTREMELY rare, and that is why I originally said
there "Ain't no such thing as a "GPF" (General Protection Fault) in
NT."

        What you should do is call up the BIOS ("Setup") screen in
the POST, and reset all the values to their default. In fact,
sometimes there's even a "Safe" setting you can use. Although this
isn't a very good setting if you boot multiple OS' it's OK to do this
with NT... Again, because NT flushes the 16 bit BIOS crud and loads
its own drivers!

        Cheers!
        Dan

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