How Alphabios Works With System Partitions; System Partition Not Defined - Compaq AlphaStation XP900 Manual

1.11.3

How AlphaBIOS Works with System Partitions

If you are installing Windows NT for the first time, AlphaBIOS will determine
that a system partition has not been defined when you select Install Windows
NT in the AlphaBIOS Setup screen (see Figure 1–7). When this occurs,
AlphaBIOS searches for all FAT partitions on the system. If only one FAT
partition exists, AlphaBIOS designates that FAT partition as the system
partition and continues with the Windows NT installation. If more than one
FAT partition exists on your system, AlphaBIOS displays the list of FAT
partitions from which you can choose the system partition. After choosing the
system partition, the installation process continues.
Figure 1–7 System Partition Not Defined
Display System Configuration
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Hard Disk Setup
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You must designate a FAT disk partition as a System
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to store system specific startup files.
Please select a partition as the System Partition.
System Partition:
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AlphaBIOS Setup
No System Partition
Windows NT will use the System Partition
Disk 0, Partition 1
Disk 0, Partition 1
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Disk 0, Partition 2
Disk 1, Partition 1
Disk 1, Partition 2
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