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Windows2000PRO on sgi VW320 installation

lepek26
Who joined Nov. 30, 2010, 4:02 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Feb. 17, 2013, 3:22 a.m...
Hello ;)

I have WINNT4 CDs for VW. I already installed it. Now i want to upgrade to Windows2000PRO.
Is it possible to install standard distribution of Win2k for ordinary PC computers from typical CD? This Win2kPRO must be a special version for the sgiVWs as sgiWINNT4?
Can I install it as a normal PC? :?

greetings

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GL1zdA
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Wrote the following at Feb. 17, 2013, 1:17 p.m...
No, the standard version of Windows 2000 Professional will work on a Visual Workstation 320 - it already contains the necessary HAL (HALBORG). But as far as I can remember you have to do an upgrade installation from NT 4.0, not a clean one.

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Wrote the following at Feb. 17, 2013, 4:19 p.m...
I don't have any Intel SGIs (so I can't vouch for this), but http://sgi320.wordpress.com/community/t ... dows-2000/ seems to sound right.

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lepek26
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Wrote the following at Feb. 18, 2013, 3:13 p.m...
I understand that Windows 2000 does not have to be a special distribution as sgiNT4?

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GL1zdA
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Wrote the following at Feb. 18, 2013, 11:15 p.m...
lepek26 wrote:
I understand that Windows 2000 does not have to be a special distribution as sgiNT4?

No, you can use any Windows 2000 CD.

Here you have the official guide:
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File comment: Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000®
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You will probably need sgi_ssk.exe .

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lepek26
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Wrote the following at Feb. 19, 2013, 4:09 p.m...
Thanks Guys for advices :D This problem is solved

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