Specifications

AE/LZB 119 1897 R1A SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
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The computer’s hard disk drive must be partitioned into one (1) contiguous partition. FAT (File Allocation Table) is
the recommended file system format.
MS-DOS must be installed on the computer’s hard disk drive before Windows NT.
When a dual-boot configured PC is booting up, a small text-based menu appears (in most cases) which allows the user to
select which operating system to boot-up with. If no user input keyboard selection change is performed within a preset pause
time period (typically 3 seconds), the boot routine will continue by booting up with the default-selected operating system.
Generally, this is Windows NT (non-VGA mode). A typical dual-boot menu follows. A PC which does not have the MS-DOS
operating system installed will not include the MS-DOS selection on the menu:
OS Loader V3.51
Please select the operating system to start:
Windows NT Workstation Version 3.51 [VGA mode]
MS-DOS
Use and to move the hightlight to your choice.
Press Enter to choose.
Seconds until highlighted choice will be started automatically: 10
After installing Windows NT, default dual-boot configurations may be easily changed from the Windows NT Control
Panel in accordance with the following steps:
1.
From Windows NT Program Manager, if necessary open the Main program group by double-clicking on its icon:
2.
Open Control Panel by double-clicking its icon:
3.
Execute the System program within Control Panel by double-clicking on its icon:
4.
From the
Startup
drop-down list box within the
System
dialog box, set either Windows NT or MS-DOS as the
default-selected operating system at boot-up. See the following figure. During the actual boot-up sequence, this
selection may be changed using a PC keyboard up ( ) or down ( ) arrow keystroke followed by an <Enter>
keystroke during the preset pause period.
5.
To change the preset pause period (seconds) use the
Show list for
scroll box within the
System
dialog box. Select
the number of seconds in which the system should pause to allow user to change the start-up operating system. If it is
desired to have the dual-boot menu bypassed (not displayed) and have the computer immediately boot-up with the
default-selected operating system (per
Startup
drop-down list box), set the time period to zero (0) seconds.
For example, with the settings shown in Figure 6-1, the system will automatically boot to Windows NT after a two-
second menu delay period if no user menu change is performed. Figure 6-2 shows the dialog box settings required for a boot
to MS-DOS default menu selection and a ten-second menu delay period.
Windows NT Workstation Version 3.51