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The Question is:

 
I just bought an Alpha 200. I want to run WindowsNT on the system. Using the
documentation and current flash rom won't start the system in the Arc
console I've used the set os_type nt and then init but when I run the
command show config I see
SRM console V6.8-2
Arc Can't find flashrom containing Arc Console. What's wrong here. When I
bought it it was supposed to run NT and now it won't. Do I need another
chip, or is this the second Alpha system that I bought that won't run?
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  Certain AlphaStation 200 systems, as well as a few other AlphaStation
  systems, are refered to as "half-flash" systems, and have only sufficient
  Flash memory for one set of firmware, rather than having room for both of
  the commonly-used sets of firmware and consoles.  In other words, the
  console required by OpenVMS and UNIX (SRM) and the console required by
  Windows NT (AlphaBIOS or ARC) do not both fit into a half-flash system
  at the same time.  You will have to switch to and reload the ARC console
  (from floppy, CD-ROM, or otherwise) in order to use Windows NT on this
  system.
 
  Discussions of ARC, AlphaBIOS, and Windows NT are well outside the purview
  of the OpenVMS Wizard.
 
  Also see the following documents:
 
    ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkboot.txt
    ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkbootarc.txt
    ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/utilities/mkntboot.txt
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 8-SEP-1998 )
     
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