Installing Microsoft Windows Nt - DEC AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

7. Select "Create Partition" and press the Enter key. When the list of available
disks appears, select the disk to be prepared and press the Enter key. You are
prompted for the size of the partition.
8. Type 6 after the "Enter size" prompt, then press the Enter key. A 6-megabyte
partition is created. This partition will be a file allocation table (FAT) system
partition. Note that the number you enter depends on the maximum partition
size. The number must equal the maximum size displayed minus 6. For
example, if the largest possible value is 500, you would enter 494.
9. Press the Enter key to format the partition. Once the formatting is completed,
press the Enter key again.
10. Select "Create Partition" and press the Enter key. When the list of available
disks appears, select the first disk again and press the Enter key. You are
prompted for the size of the partition.
11. Type the larger of the two values at the "Enter size" prompt, then press the Enter
key. The partition is created.
12. Press the Enter key to format the partition. Once the formatting is completed,
press the Enter key again.
13. Select "Make Existing Partition into a System Partition" and press the Enter key.
A message may appear asking whether to overwrite an already defined system
partition. Type y.
If the message, "Boot selections already exist" is displayed, exit the ARCINST
program, go to the Setup menu, choose "Manage boot selections," and delete all
existing boot selections. Then return to the Boot menu to restart the ARCINST
program and return to step 13 in these instructions.
14. When the list of available disks is displayed, select the same disk you just
formatted and then press the Enter key. The list of available partitions is
displayed.
15. Select "Partition 1" and press the Enter key. Your system is now prepared for
installation of Microsoft Windows NT.
16. Select Exit and press the Enter key. Select Exit again and press the Enter key.

Installing Microsoft Windows NT

From the ARC Boot menu, select the Supplementary menu and press the Enter key.
When the Supplementary menu appears, select "Install Windows NT from CDROM"
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