Samsung 164BX user manual Installing Windows NT

Installing Windows NT

The following procedure supersedes the Starting Setup on a RISC-based computer section of the Microsoft Windows NT Installation Guide.

To start the Windows NT Setup program:

1.Insert the Windows NT CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2.Restart your computer.

3.Select Enter Setup and Run a Program.

4.Type CD:\alpha\setupldr and press ENTER

The Windows NT Setup program will start. It will begin copying files to memory. Setup will come up with the message: Setup could not determine the type of com- puter you have. There will be a list of computer types in a list box. Highlight the Other option and press ENTER. You will be prompted to "Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer supplied hardware support disk into drive A:. *Press enter when ready *." Make sure that the Windows NT 4.0 Install Floppy for the AlphaPC 164UX diskette is in drive A: and press ENTER. A list box with APC 164UX Alpha 56/xxx in it will be displayed. Press ENTER. Setup will begin copying files again.

Note: The next steps depend on the type of drives that you have.

You must have determined if you have IDE , SCSI, or a combination of drives.

Setup will come up with a screen that says: "Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage device(s)". Point 1 below describes what to do if you have only SCSI drives. Point 2 describes what to do if you have only IDE drives. Point 3 describes what to do if you have a combination of IDE and SCSI drives.

1.If you have only SCSI drives, then press S. A list box of adapters will be dis- played. Other should be highlighted. Press ENTER. You will be prompted to "Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer supplied hardware support disk into drive A:. *Press enter when ready *." Make sure that the Windows NT 4.0 Install Floppy for the AlphaPC 164UX diskette is in drive A: and press ENTER. A list box will be displayed. It will contain 2 entries, AlphaPC 164UX PCI Ultra SCSI (Symbios Logic 53C875), and AlphaPC 164UX PCI IDE (ATAPI). Highlight AlphaPC 164UX PCI Ultra SCSI and press ENTER. The next screen displayed will say "Setup will load support for the following device(s). AlphaPC 164UX PCI Ultra SCSI (Symbios Logic 53C875)". Press the ENTER key to continue with setup.

Configuring for Windows NT 7–9