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Primary operating system — The OS that appears first on the AlphaBIOS Boot
screen. It is also the version of the OS that automatically starts if Auto Start is
selected. Any of the operating system selections can be the primary operating
system.
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Boot name — Each boot name is associated with an operating system selection.
Windows NT setup automatically creates a boot name each time you install the
operating system. Because the boot name is only a name, you can modify it at any
time without affecting the rest of the operating system selection. Note that the boot
name must have at least one character.
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Boot file — Describes the disk, partition, path, and name of the file that
AlphaBIOS passes control to during the process of starting the operating system.
This setting is created along with the operating system selection during Windows
NT setup, and it is usually not modified by the user. However, this setting can be
modified if necessary. For example, a developer testing different versions of
OSLOADER.EXE can store the different versions in different locations and
modify this line to start the operating system with the different versions as needed.
During Operating System Selection Setup, you can select the disk and partition
for the location of the boot file from a list of choices presented in a list box. To
open a list of values for the field, press the Alt and down arrow keys together.
When you select a boot file location and name, AlphaBIOS searches for the
specified program on the specified partition. If the search fails, a warning displays,
saying that the file does not exist. You are given the choice to continue with the
changes anyway or to cancel the operation and fix the problem.
Note that because the boot file must be located in a FAT partition, only FAT
partitions are available as the boot partition within the list box.
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OS path — Describes the disk, partition, and path to the operating system root
directory for an operating system selection.
During Operating System Selection Setup, you can select the disk and partition
for the location of the boot file from a list of choices presented in a list box. To
open a list of possible values for the field, press the Alt and down arrow keys at
the same time. When you select or enter an OS path, AlphaBIOS searches for the
directory. If the search fails, a warning displays, saying that the directory does not
exist. You are given the choice to continue with the changes anyway or to cancel
the operation and fix the problem.
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