Starting an Operating System Installation
E–2
________________________ CAUTION ___________________________
If you boot from a Digital UNIX 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 Digital UNIX 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 Digital UNIX or
OpenVMS 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:
• Partition 1 (typically, the "C" drive) is the size of the disk less 6 MB and formatted
FAT. Normally, you select "convert to NTFS" during the Windows NT installation.
• Partition 2 (typically, the "D" drive) is 6 MB, formatted FAT, and identified as the
system partition.
Refer to Table E–1 for the steps to start installing Windows NT Workstation on a properly
partitioned and formatted disk.
_________________________ NOTE ____________________________
The AlphaBIOS 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 AlphaBIOS
firmware.
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