Starting an Operating System Installation
F-4 AlphaStation 500 Series User Information
If you are installing the operating system on a disk that has not been partitioned and
formatted, follow the procedure in Table F-2.
Table F-2 Setting Up Partitions for a Windows NT Workstation Installation
Step
Action
Result
1
Insert the Microsoft
Windows NT Workstation
CD-ROM into the CD
drive.
CD-ROM drive is ready.
2
From the ARC console,
select
Run a Program
You are prompted for the program name.
ARCINST, the ARC installation program,
provides a means to partition and format the
disk for NT prior to installing Windows NT.
3
At the prompt, type
cd:\alpha\arcinst
If you encounter a “Pathname is not defined”
error, go to the ARC console Setup menu an
select
Set the environment
variables.
Select CD-ROM, then enter
the SCSI bus number and ID of the CD-ROM
drive. Next, select
Set the default
configuration
and follow the steps.
Save the changes and repeat step 4.
4
Choose
Configure
Partitions
Partition menu displays choices that allow
you to create, delete, or make an existing
partition into a system partition.
5
Choose
Create Partition
A list of available target devices displays.
SCSI bus 0, Identifier 0, Disk
0 (scsii(0)disk(0)rdisk(0))
Identifier is the ID of the SCSI device, drive 0
in this case.
