AlphaBIOS boots Window NT in two stages. The first stage involves reading
an OS Loader program from a disk. The name of the OS Loader program is
OSLOADER.EXE. Once the OS Loader program executes, it uses the services
provided by AlphaBIOS to load the operating system. After the operating system is
loaded, the OS Loader starts execution of the operating system. See the System
Drawer User's Guide or the AlphaBIOS User's Guide for more information on the
AlphaBIOS interface and boot procedures.
System Power-Up and Verification
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