Specifications

7-28 Compaq AlphaServer ES40 User’s Guide
Table 7–8 Boot Problems
Symptom Action
System cannot find
boot device.
Check the system configuration for the correct device
parameters (node ID, device name, and so on).
For UNIX and OpenVMS, use the show config and
show device commands.
For Windows NT, use the AlphaBIOS Display
System Configuration menu and the CMOS Setup
menus.
Check the system configuration for the correct
environment variable settings.
For UNIX and OpenVMS, examine the auto_action,
bootdef_dev, boot_osflags, and os_type
environment variables.
For network boots, make sure ei*0_protocols or
ew*0_protocols is set to bootp for UNIX or mop
for OpenVMS.
For Windows NT, examine the Auto Start and Auto
Start Count options on the CMOS Setup menu.
Device does not boot.
For problems booting over a network, make sure
ei*0_protocols or ew*0_protocols is set to bootp
for UNIX or mop for OpenVMS.
Run the test command to check that the boot device
is operating.