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Q121914: WINNT Setup Fails Due to LASTDRIVE=F in CONFIG.SYS

Article: Q121914
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

3.50

WINDOWS

kbnetwork kbsetup kberrmsg kbbug3.50

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you install Windows NT version 3.5 over the network or from a CD-ROM drive
from MS-DOS using WINNT.EXE, the system stops responding (hangs) during the DOS
portion of the Setup process, and the following status message appears:

  Configuring Floppy Disk...

You may also experience a Setup failure during the generation of the Windows NT
version 3.5 Setup boot floppy disks with the command WINNT /O and receive the
following error message:

  Internal Stack Overflow - System Halted

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when the LASTDRIVE statement in the CONFIG.SYS file is set
to Drive F.

WORKAROUND
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Change the drive assignment for LASTDRIVE to any drive other than drive F (Drive
Z is recommended).

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt MSDOS

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Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search

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