This article describes the steps necessary to install Windows NT on a
Motorola PowerStack computer, when the drive is new or has been low-level
formatted. When all boot information on the drive is missing, the system
will display the following information when the computer is started:
AutoBoot about to begin.. Press <ESC> to Bypass, <SPC> to Continue
Scanning System for Attached Mass Storage Devices
Attempting BOOT from Device(s) of Type = FDISK
Attempting BOOT from Device(s) of Type = CDROM
Attempting BOOT from Device(s) of Type = TAPE
Attempting BOOT from Device(s) of Type = HDISK
Autoboot Failed
PPC1-Diag>
If your computer is in this state, follow the instructions below.
The following materials must be available before beginning:
| • | PPC Boot Disk (Available from Motorola) |
| • | Arcinst.exe (Available from Motorola) |
| • | FW.IMG on disk (Available from Motorola) |
| • | Windows NT compact disc (Available from Microsoft)
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| 1. | Start the computer from the PPC boot disk.
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| 2. | When the firmware loads:| a. | Insert the disk that has Arcinst.exe in the floppy disk drive. | | b. | Select Run a Program. | | c. | In Program to Run type the following:
a:\arcinst | | d. | Press Enter. |
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| 3. | Select Configure Partitions.
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| 4. | Select Create PowerPC Boot Partition. If more than one SCSI bus is
available, select the appropriate SCSI bus. You will receive the
following message:
Partition successfully created.
Press any key to continue...
The partition will be automatically formatted. Then the following
message will be displayed:
Partition formatted successfully.
Press any key to continue |
| 5. | Press a key; the following prompt is shown:
Enter pathname for the PowerPC BootLoader:
Insert the disk with the correct Fw.img file into the floppy disk drive
and type:
a:\fw.img
The following messages will be shown:
Reading ARC from:
multi(1)disk(0)fdisk(0)\fw.img
Load Image Size = 288000
Press any key to continue...
Boot Software Copied Successfully.
Press any key to continue...
Successfully installed PowerPC Boot Loader. |
| 6. | On the ARCINST menu select Create Partition. If required, select the
appropriate SCSI bus.
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| 7. | At the "Enter the size in MB (1-1000):" prompt, type the size for the
system partition; this will typically be 10 MB. The following message
is displayed:
Partition successfully created.
Press any key to continue...
You will get this prompt:
Do you want to make this the system partition (y/n)?
Type 'y' (without quotation marks) and press ENTER. The partition will
be automatically formatted. The "Partition formatted successfully"
message will be displayed again. Press any key to continue.
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| 8. | Quit ARCINST.
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| 9. | On the firmware menu, select the "Run a program" option and type:
cd:\ppc\setupldr |
| 10. | Windows NT Setup will start. Setup can be used to partition the
remainder of the drive and install a new copy of Windows NT. |
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