Specifications

Booting and Installing an Operating System 3-9
Loading vmunix symbol table ... [1333528 bytes]
sysconfigtab: attribute Per-proc-address-space not in subsystem proc
Alpha boot: available memory from 0x134c000 to 0x1ffee000
Tru64 UNIX V4.0F-4 (Rev. 1180); Tue Feb 2 13:00:04 EST 1999
physical memory = 512.00 megabytes.
available memory = 492.64 megabytes.
using 1958 buffers containing 15.29 megabytes of memory
Master cpu at slot 0.
Firmware revision: 5.4-5160
PALcode: Tru64 UNIX version 1.45-5
Compaq AlphaServer ES40
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Tru64 UNIX Version V4.0F
Login:
Example 3–1 shows a boot from a local SCSI drive. The example is abbreviated.
For complete instructions on booting UNIX, see the Tru64 UNIX Installation
Guide.
Perform the following tasks to boot a UNIX system:
1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM console prompt,
P00>>>.
2. Set boot environment variables, if desired. See Section 3.1.
3. Install the boot medium. For a network boot, see Section 3.2.1.
4. Enter the show device command
➊ to determine the unit number of the
drive for your device.
5. Enter the boot command
➋ and command-line parameters (if you have not
set the associated environment variables). In Example 3–1, boot flags
➌
have already been set.