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Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 Installation and Setup Guide
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CAUTION:
If you boot from a Compaq Tru64 UNIX disk and also
occasionally boot Microsoft Windows NT from another disk, use caution
when you run the Windows NT Disk Administrator. When the Disk
Administrator detects additional disks, it updates the system
configuration. The Disk Administrator prompts you for permission to
write a signature to the additional disks. Writing the signature to any disk
used by Compaq Tru64 UNIX destroys the boot block on that disk and
makes the operating system on that disk no longer bootable. Select NO
when you are asked if you want to write a signature to your Compaq
Tru64 UNIX disk. To be completely safe, you can also disconnect the
Compaq Tru64 UNIX drive from the system before you boot Windows
NT.
Starting a Windows NT Installation
Compaq partitions and formats disk 0 in non-RAID Windows NT systems.
The partitions are set up as described next.
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Partition 1 (typically, the “C” drive) is the size of the disk less
6MB and formatted FAT (e.g., a 3.2-GB drive minus 6MB equals a
3.194-GB “C” drive). Normally, you select “convert to NTFS” during
the Windows NT installation.
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Partition 2 (typically, the “D” drive) is 6MB, formatted FAT, and
identified as the system partition.
Table 2-1
describes how to install Microsoft Windows NT operating system on
a properly partitioned and formatted disk. See
Table 2-2
if you need to set up
partitions.
NOTE:
You must have the AlphaBIOS console installed and running in order to
install the Windows NT operating system
.
