How to Install Windows NT 4 Server on Proxmox
Published on: 2025-06-23 00:34:54
How to Install Windows NT 4 Server on Proxmox
Windows NT 4 Server Boot Screen
What?
Windows NT 4 doesn't virtualise well. This guide shows how to do it with Proxmox with a minimal amount of pain.
Why?
I never got to use it and I only have so much room for old computers.
You Will Need
VM Creation
First upload all the ISO files thorough Proxmox's web interface. Now create a new VM with these settings.
General ISO Image: en_winnt_4.0_svr.iso
OS Guest OS Type: Microsoft Windows Guest OS Version: 2000
System Graphic card: Standard VGA . This will allow for higher resolution settings rather than with the default. SCSI Controller: LSI 53C895A
Disks Disk size: 4GB . I could not get it to format a boot drive larger than this. Bus/Device: SCSI . IMPORTANT: Do NOT use IDE. It will be slow noticeably slower and for some reason leads to file system corruption on NT4 guests despite changing the caching options.
CPU Sockets: 1 Cores: 1 Type: Pentium . IMPORTANT: The default CPU selection
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