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A-6 AlphaServer DS20 Service Manual
A.4 Summary of SRM Console Commands
The SRM console commands are used to examine or modify the system state.
Table A-2 Summary of SRM Console Commands
Command Function
alphabios Loads and starts the AlphaBIOS console.
boot Loads and starts the operating system.
clear envar Resets an environment variable to its default value.
clear password Sets the password to 0.
continue Resumes program execution.
crash Forces a crash dump at the operating system level.
deposit Writes data to the specified address.
edit Invokes the console line editor on a RAM file or on the nvram file
(power-up script).
examine Displays the contents of a memory location, register, or device.
halt Halts the specified processor. (Same as stop.)
help Displays information about the specified console command.
info num Displays various types of information about the system:
Info shows a list describing the num qualifier.
Info 3 reads the impure area that contains the state of the CPU
before it entered PAL mode.
Info 5 reads the PAL built logout area that contains the data used
by the operating system to create the error entry
Info 8 reads the IOD and IOD1 registers.
initialize Resets the system.
lfu Runs the Loadable Firmware Update Utility.
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