INVALID LINE ... IN INF FILE during Windows NT Setup (174264)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q174264 SYMPTOMS
When you perform either an unattended or regular Windows NT setup, you may
receive the following error message:
INVALID LINE X IN INF FILE
Where X is usually the numeral 1 or 2 but could be any number.
CAUSE
There may be a hardware failure or an improper CMOS setting that causes the
Winnt.sif or Txtsetup.sif file to get corrupted during the file copy
portion of setup.
This may also be caused by fragmentation on the local drive, bad copy
across the network, or you may have a typographical error in the
Unattend.txt configuration file.
RESOLUTION
This error message may be generated by one of several problems at a
hardware level:
- Check the CMOS settings for the computer and verify all settings are
correct. You may need to reset the CMOS setting back to factory
defaults.
- Check for a L2 cache failure (if it's a Pentium pro machine the L2 cache
is built in on the processor).
- Check for bad or mismatched RAM Memory SIMM Modules.
- Remove adapter cards such as NIC, Modems, Sound cards that are not
required for booting.
- If all the above fail to detect the problem, there may be a problem with
the motherboard.
If an error is received about any other line being invalid, for example:
INVALID LINE 346 IN INF FILE, an actual setup file may be corrupt. Most
Likely this file could be a corrupt Unattend.txt file in either Windows NT
3.51 or Windows NT 4.0. In each case, recreating Unattend.txt using
Setupmgr.exe will fix the problem.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/13/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbsetup KB174264 |
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