Starting an Operating System Installation
F-2 AlphaStation 500 Series User Information
________________________ CAUTION __________________________
If you boot from a Digital UNIX or Open VMS 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 Digital UNIX or Open VMS 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 Digital UNIX or
Open VMS disks.
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Starting a Windows NT Workstation Installation
Digital partitions and formats disk 0 on the first SCSI controller in non-RAID Windows
NT Workstation systems. The partitions are set up as follows:
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Partition 1 (typically, the “C” drive) is the size of the disk less 10 MB and formatted
FAT. Normally, you select “convert to NTFS” during the Windows NT installation.
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Partition 2 (typically the “D” drive) is 10 MB, formatted FAT, and identified as the
system partition.
Refer to Table F-1 for the steps to start installing Windows NT Workstation on a properly
partitioned and formatted disk.
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The ARC console must be installed and running in order to perform a Windows
NT installation. If the SRM console is running, refer to Appendix E, Updating
System Firmware, for the instructions to load the ARC firmware.
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