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Example 4-5 shows a boot from a CD-ROM on a local drive. The example is abbreviated. For complete instructions on booting OpenVMS, see the OpenVMS installation document. 1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM console prompt, P00>>>. 2. Set boot environment variables, if desired. See Section 4.1. 3. Install the boot medium. For a network boot, see Section 4.6. 4. Enter the show device command to determine the unit number of the drive for your device. 5. Enter the boot command and command-line parameters (if you have not set the associated environment variables.) In Example 4-5, the boot command with the -flags option causes the system to boot from [SYS0.EXE] on device DKA0. Booting and Installing an Operating System 4-25
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Booting and Installing an Operating System
4-25
Example 4–5 shows a boot from a CD-ROM on a local drive.
The example is
abbreviated.
For complete instructions on booting
OpenVMS
, see the
OpenVMS
installation document.
1.
Power up the system.
The system stops at the SRM console prompt,
P00>>>.
2.
Set boot environment variables, if desired.
See Section 4.1.
3.
Install the boot medium.
For a network boot, see Section 4.6.
4.
Enter the
show device
command
to determine the unit number of the
drive for your device.
5.
Enter the
boot
command and command-line parameters (if you have not set
the associated environment variables.)
In Example 4–5, the
boot
command
with the
-flags
option
causes the system to boot from [SYS0.EXE] on
device DKA0.