Creating Alternate Boot Selections on AXP MachinesLast reviewed: April 10, 1997Article ID: Q139333 |
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SUMMARYIf the primary drive in a mirror set fails on a DEC Alpha computer, it is necessary to have alternate boot paths created in the system firmware. There are two methods which can be used to boot the machine to the shadow drive in the mirror set. NOTE: The system partition contains OSLOADER.EXE, HAL.DLL and the *.PAL files required to load the operating system. The boot partition is the partition that has the Windows NT system files.
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Method 1This method requires that the system partition be the same as the boot partition, or that both the system and boot partitions be mirrored:
Method 2This method is useful if you want to create a Fault Tolerant Floppy (FTF). This will allow you to keep the system partition files on a floppy disk.
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