Solution:

To use the external CD-ROM device to Install Windows NT, please check the following procedures. 1. BIOS ( INTEGRATED PHERIPHERALS) Please set the following values up. Onboard Parallel Port: 378 Onboard Parallel Port IRQ: 7 Parallel Port Mode: EPP EPP Mode Select: EPP 1.7 2. Format H.D.D. 3. Boot system from H.D.D. 4. External CD-ROM device a. Install the CD-ROM DOS driver. b. Modify the autoexec.bat and config.sys ( Because the external CD-ROM device vendor doesn write the installation batch file very user friendly.) Autoexec.bat Add the line " C:\mscdex /d: CD-ROM number ( for example, mscd001) /e " to the file. Config.sys Add the line " Device=C:\Commuter\Patapicd.sys /d: CD-ROM number ( for example, mscd001) " to the file. 5. Type command " Winnt /b " in the I386 directory under CD-ROM prompt to install Windows NT. 6. After setting up Windows NT, please install the external CD-ROM driver for NT. Windows NT CD-ROM driver installation Use the selection path: Control Panel->SCSI Adapter->Drivers Click on Add, put shipping disk in drive A:, then click on Have Disk and OK, click on the driver for NT. After installation, you will be asked to reboot, then shut down the system, new drive icon will show up after booting.