Introduction - Matrox 4Sight User Manual

74 Chapter 6: Using the hard drive based Matrox 4Sight

Introduction

If you have ordered a Matrox 4Sight unit with only a hard drive,
you will need to install an operating sytem. If you have ordered
a Matrox 4Sight unit with a DiskOnChip and a hard drive, you
might want to install an operating system on your hard drive.
Although the DiskOnChip comes with Windows NT Embedded
and an Embedded DOS interpreter, both of these operating
systems are limited, and you might need a more complete one.
In general, a complete operating system requires a hard drive,
due to space limitations on the DiskOnChip.
In either case, you can install an operating system on a Matrox
4Sight hard drive by going through the following steps:
1. Power down the Matrox 4Sight unit, remove the cover and
connect a CD drive, a floppy drive, and a hard drive (if one
is not already installed).
2. Power up Matrox 4Sight (installation of these devices will
probably obstruct the reinstallation of the chassis).
3. If you have just installed a hard drive you will need to
enable it in the BIOS.
4. If you ordered the Matrox 4Sight unit with a DiskOnChip
and an ATA hard drive installed, install Windows NT on the
hard drive from the CD drive, and re-boot using the hard
drive as the 1st boot device.
5. If your Matrox 4Sight has only a hard drive, use the floppy
drive as the boot device. Your Matrox 4Sight will boot from
the floppy drive, using the WINNT setup disks. Then,
install the operating system onto the hard drive.
6. Refer to the installation manual of the operating system
that you are installing for instructions.
7. Install appropriate device drivers.
8. Install the Microsoft developer platform, MSDEV. Refer to
the appropriate manual for installation instructions, if you
will be developing MIL applications on your Matrox 4Sight.
9. Install MIL/ActiveMIL.