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Preface xiii

Chapter 1 Operations

1.1 Powering Up the System 1-2

1.2 Power-Up Display 1-4

1.3 Booting Tru64 UNIX 1-6

1.3.1 Booting from a Local Disk 1-6

1.3.2 Booting from a Remote Disk 1-8

1.4 Installing Tru64 UNIX 1-10

1.5 Booting OpenVMS 1-12

1.5.1 Booting OpenVMS from a Local Disk 1-12

1.5.2 Booting OpenVMS from a Disk on a Cluster 1-14

1.5.3 Booting OpenVMS from a Remote Disk 1-16

1.6 Installing OpenVMS 1-18

1.7 Booting Windows NT 1-20

1.8 Installing Windows NT 1-22

1.9 Switching Between Operating Systems 1-24

1.9.1 Switching to Windows NT 1-24

1.9.2 Switching to Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS 1-25

1.10 Updating Firmware 1-26

1.10.1 Updating Firmware from the CD-ROM 1-28

1.10.2 Updating Firmware from Floppy Disks 1-32

1.10.3 Performing the Update from Floppy Disks 1-34

1.10.4 Updating Firmware from a Network Device 1-38

1.10.5 LFU Commands 1-41

1.11 Hard Disk Partitioning for Windows NT 1-44

1.11.1 Hard Disk Error Conditions 1-44

1.11.2 System Partitions 1-46

1.11.3 How AlphaBIOS Works with System Partitions 1-47

1.12 Using the Halt Button 1-48

1.13 Halt Assertion 1-51

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