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disabled before continuing. This will allow the
Fibre Channel drive to boot, and will prevent
accidental erasure of the system disk during the
format procedure below.
From the MS-DOS prompt,
1. Use the fdisk command to create a primary DOS partition (maximum size) on the
Fibre Channel disk.
2. Format the Fibre Channel hard drive with copy system files option.
a:\format c: /s
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Install Windows NT
These steps summarize the installation script provided by Windows NT. Consult the
Windows NT documentation for detailed descriptions.
1. Boot computer with Windows NT installation disk #1 in drive A.
2. When prompted the first time, press <Enter> to allow Windows NT installation to
detect the CD-ROM drive.
3. When prompted a second time, press <S> to skip mass storage device detection.
Bypassing this step permits manual detection of additional SCSI adapters.
4. Select Other and press <Enter>.
5. Insert the Emulex Windows NT SCSI driver diskette.
6. Select the Emulex Fibre Channel SCSI driver and press <Enter>.
7. Insert the Windows NT CD-ROM when prompted.
8. Insert the Emulex driver diskette again when prompted.
9. Complete setup process by following the Windows NT prompts.
The system should boot up Windows NT from the Fibre Channel disk. You may now use it
as installed or install another operating system.
Connect a fiber optic cable to a copper port
If you want to connect fiber optic cable to a copper connector, you
can convert from one media to another by using an MIA. The
adapter has two signal interfaces: an optical interface SC connector
and a serial interface DB9 connector. By connecting an MIA to a
copper connector, a non-OFC optical link is provided. Any fixed