EMC QLA22xx User Manual

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Configuring an EMC Boot Device
7. Press 
ENTER
 to begin the setup procedure.
If you are installing Windows on a newly created LUN, you may 
receive a message that your boot disk is new or erased. You can 
press 
C
 to continue.
The Windows Licensing Agreement appears.
8. Press 
P
G
 D
N
 to scroll through and read the license agreement; to 
accept it, press 
F8
.
The Windows Server Setup screen displays disk partition 
information (if your system already contains partitions), or lets 
you create a new hard disk partition.
The Windows 2000 boot LUN can be larger than 8 GB (Refer to Microsoft 
Knowledge Base article Q240672.) Windows NT 4.0 is bound by a Boot 
BIOS 8 GB limit. (Refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q224526.)
9. If you are installing an operating system for the first time, 
highlight Unpartitioned Space on the qL2xxx adapter; then:
• press 
ENTER
 to use the entire disk as one partition, or
• press 
C
 to create a custom partition, and then specify the 
partition size.
If the new disk is displayed as Unformatted or Damaged you 
must delete the partition before continuing. To do this, press 
D
then follow the on-screen delete instructions. After you delete the 
partition, the space will then appear as Unpartitioned Space 
mentioned above.
If you are reinstalling Windows, the Setup software prompts you 
to overwrite or upgrade:
• To overwrite, press 
ESC
 
and follow instructions.
• To upgrade, press 
ENTER
• If you want to create a new hard disk partition, you must first 
delete the existing partition, and then create a new one. To do 
so, select the partition you want to delete, press 
D
and then 
follow the on-screen instructions to complete the deletion of 
the partition. Once the system deletes the partition, you can 
press 
C
 to create a new one.)
10. The setup software prompts you to specify the file system format 
for the partition.