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Primary operating system — The OS that appears first on the AlphaBIOS Boot
screen. It is also the version of the OS that automatically starts if Auto Start is
selected. Any of the operating system selections can be the primary operating
system.
Boot name — Each boot name is associated with an operating system selection.
Windows NT setup automatically creates a boot name each time you install the
operating system. Because the boot name is only a name, you can modify it at
any time without affecting the rest of the operating system selection. The boot
name must have at least one character.
Boot file — Describes the disk, partition, path, and name of the file that
AlphaBIOS passes control to during the process of starting the operating system.
This setting is created along with the operating system selection during
Windows NT setup, and the user does not usually modify it. However, this
setting can be modified if necessary. For example, a developer testing different
versions of OSLOADER.EXE can store the different versions in different
locations and modify this line to start the operating system with the different
versions as needed.
During Operating System Selection Setup, you can select the disk and partition
for the location of the boot file from a list of choices presented in a list box. To
open a list of values for the field, press the Alt and down arrow keys together.
When you select a boot file location and name, AlphaBIOS searches for the
specified program on the specified partition. If the search fails, a warning is
displayed, saying that the file does not exist. You are given the choice to
continue with the changes anyway or to cancel the operation and fix the
problem.
OS path — Describes the disk, partition, and path to the operating system root
directory for an operating system selection.
During Operating System Selection Setup, you can select the disk and partition
for the location of the boot file from a list of choices presented in a list box. To
open a list of possible values for the field, press the Alt and down arrow keys at
the same time. When you select or enter an OS path, AlphaBIOS searches for
the directory. If the search fails, a warning is displayed, saying that the directory
does not exist. You are given the choice to continue with the changes anyway or
to cancel the operation and fix the problem.
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