🚀 go-pugleaf

Further to my original post... I have got it to install at last!

Now I'm onto my next problem... the card crashes frequently, but
at least I've seen posts about how to solve this (I've already
fixed the crashes in 98, but only by setting AGP to x1 instead
of x2 - still crashes in NT though).

Anyway, I'll tell you how I got it to install in case anyone
else has this problem...

P.S. This'll probably only work with the plain .zip driver files.

I had to modify the .INF file to convince NT that it did have
information about my hardware.

I compared the .INF file for a CL 3bBlaster TNT2Ultra driver
with the nVidia reference (and Guillemot's, which is just a copy
of the reference anyway).

The .INF has references to disk1 & disk2 and I also added a
reference to the device class (display), with it's GUID. I don't
know which did the job, but they were the biggest differences
between nVidia's .INF and Creative's.

Now NT detects the list of drivers to install, and installs them.

My question now is... Has anyone actually tried installing
nVidia's reference drivers for NT? I can't believe they have as
it seems they're broken.

For information, the changes in the nv4_disp.inf file are as
follows (these are for the 3.68 reference drivers for NT4). I
don't know if all the changes are required, but they work.

I've marked the lines to change with --->

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Provider=%NVidia%
Add this line---> ClassGUID={4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-
08002BE10318}
Class=Display
LayoutFile=layout.inf


..


Delete--->[SourceDisksNames]
Delete--->1 = %DiskId1%, disk1
Delete--->2 = %DiskId2%, disk2

Delete--->[SourceDisksFiles]
Delete--->nv4_mini.sys = 1
Delete--->nv4_disp.dll = 1
Delete--->nvinstnt.dll = 1
Delete--->nvoglnt.dll  = 2


(and at bottom of file) ...

Remove--->DiskId1="NVIDIA NT Driver Library Installation Disk 1"
Remove--->DiskId2="NVIDIA NT Driver Library Installation Disk 2"

Replace with --->DiskId="NVIDIA NT Driver Library Installation
Disk"


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