Digital Equipment Digital AlphaStation 400 Series, User Information

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Starting an Operating System Installation
Introduction
This information provides what you need to begin an operating system installation. Once
you have started an installation, follow the on-screen instructions and refer to the
appropriate operating system documentation.
Using the table below, first locate the operating system you want to install and refer to the
appropriate table number.
If you want to: Go to Table:
Install Windows NT Workstation on a
properly partitioned and formatted disk F-1
Set up partitions for a Windows NT
Workstation installation F-2
Install DEC OSF/1 F-3
Install OpenVMS F-4
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If you boot from a DEC OSF/1 or OpenVMS disk and also occasionally boot
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 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 a DEC OSF/1 or OpenVMS disk 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 DEC OSF/1 or
OpenVMS disks.
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