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5. When prompted to enter SCSI bus and SCSI ID numbers, enter the SCSI bus
and ID for the location for the system partition. These values are used to set an
environment variable, which Windows NT uses to determine the correct drive
and partition to boot from.
If you are unsure about these values, simply accept the default values of 0. If
these values are incorrect for your particular system (if, for example, your hard
drives are on a secondary controller on SCSI bus 1), NT setup will prompt you
to run the arcinst utility. The arcinst utility provides valid values to choose for
setting this environment variable correctly.
6. When prompted to enter the partition number on the disk, verify that it is set to 1,
and press the Enter key. If you plan to partition your hard disk, set the partition
number to 2. Otherwise, enter the boot partition number corresponding to your
existing disk and NT configuration.
If you are unsure about your disk configuration, select "Display hardware
configuration" to view a summary of your system hardware.
7. Select "Set default configuration" and choose the diskette and keyboard settings
that correspond to your system.
Setting the EISA Configuration
1. Insert the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) diskette for Microsoft Windows NT
into the diskette drive on your server.
2. From the Setup menu, select "Run EISA Configuration Utility from floppy" and
press the Enter key. After a few moments, the EISA Configuration Utility dialog
box appears. Press the Enter key.
If any of the EISA option cards in your computer have not yet been identified, a
Caution dialog box is displayed. You can ignore this dialog box because your
option cards will be identified in the following steps.
3. Press the Enter key to display the "Steps in Configuring your Computer" dialog
box.
4. Select "Step 3: View or edit details" to verify your system's configuration
(optional).
5. Select "Step 5: Save and Exit" and press the Enter key. At the confirmation
prompt, select "Save the configuration" and press the Enter key. When a dialog
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Note: Your system supports two EISA option slots.
Your ECU display may show more than two slots, but
only the first two are valid.
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