You use the AlphaBIOS firmware to boot a Windows NT system (the SRM command
boot does not apply to Windows NT systems).
Figure 5-2 shows an AlphaBIOS boot screen where the primary operating system will
be booted within a specified amount of time. You can use the arrow keys to select
another of the installed operating systems, if any, during this time. The effect of
various AlphaBIOS boot options are described in greater detail in Section 5.5.
Information on how to use AlphaBIOS to install a new Windows NT operating system
is given in Chapter 8. During installation, a boot path is defined for the bootstrap
loader and the operating system file, using AlphaBIOS and the Windows NT software
itself.
For information on how to define the boot path for a newly installed Windows NT
system, see the description of the AlphaBIOS Utilities selection from the AlphaBIOS
Setup screen, and the description of the Operating System Selection Setup screen in
Chapter 8.
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