Defining a fibre channel drive as the boot drive, Enabling boot bios – HP StorageWorks Modular Arrays User Manual
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Defining a Fibre Channel Drive as the
Boot Drive
The following is a summary of the procedures necessary to define a fibre
channel hard drive as the boot drive in Windows NT 4.0.
1.
Enable Boot BIOS.
2.
Create an MS- DOS boot diskette.
3.
Designate a fibre channel boot drive.
4.
Enable HBA Boot BIOS on a fibre channel hard drive.
5.
Install Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
Enabling Boot BIOS
1.
Boot your computer in MS-DOS.
2.
Insert Diskette #2 Firmware and Download Utility diskette in drive A.
3.
Type this command:
a:\>I386DNLD.EXE
The i386DNLD.EXE Main menu appears.
I386DNLD.EXE Main Menu
1.
Test Host Adapters
2.
Modify Test Options
3.
Restart Host Adapters
4.
Input/Output
5.
Maintenance
6.
Show Host Adapters Info
7.
Quit