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<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
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<year>1997</year><year>2009</year>
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<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
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The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
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Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
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compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
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Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
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retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
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Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
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basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
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the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
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<title>Windows NT</title>
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<prepared>Kenneth Lundin</prepared>
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<responsible>Kenneth Lundin</responsible>
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<date>1997-11-25</date>
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<file>embedded_nt.xml</file>
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<p>This chapter describes the OS specific parts of OTP which relate
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<p>A normal installation of NT 4.0, with service pack 4 or later,
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is required for an embedded Windows NT running OTP.</p>
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<title>Memory Usage</title>
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<p>RAM memory of 96 MBytes is recommended to run OTP on NT.
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A system with less than 64 Mbytes of RAM is not recommended.</p>
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<title>Disk Space Usage</title>
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<p>A minimum NT installation with networking needs 250 MB, and
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an additional 130 MB for the swap file. </p>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<p>Normal NT installation is performed. No additional application
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programs are needed, such as Internet explorer or web server. Networking
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with TCP/IP is required. <br></br>
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Service pack 4 or later must be installed.</p>
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<title>Hardware Watchdog</title>
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<p>For Windows NT running on standard PCs with ISA and/or PCI bus
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there is a possibility to install an extension card with a hardware
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<p>See also the <c>heart(3)</c> reference manual page in
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<title>Starting Erlang</title>
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<p>On an embedded system, the <c>erlsrv</c> module should be used,
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to install the erlang process as a Windows system service.
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This service can start
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after NT has booted. See documentation for <c>erlsrv</c>.</p>