Troubleshooting guide

Booting and Installing an Operating System 4-13
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
Writer: Robert Young Project: Compaq AlphaServer DS20E System Comments:
Part Number: FR-K8F6W-UA .A01 File Name: e-ch4 Operating the System.doc Last Saved On: 10/4/99 2:40 PM
Starting a Tru64 UNIX Installation
Tru64 UNIX is installed from the CD-ROM drive connected to the system.
The display that you see after you boot the CD depends on whether your
system console is a VGA monitor or a serial terminal.
Example 4-3 Text-Based Installation Display
P00>>> b dqa0
(boot dqa0.0.0.15.0 -flags a
block 0 of dqa0.0.0.15.0 is a valid boot block
reading 16 blocks from dqa0.0.0.15.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 2000
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1fff0000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
Tru64 UNIX boot - Thu Jan 14 15:03:19 EST 1999
Loading vmunix ...
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Initializing system for Tru64 UNIX installation.
Please wait...
*** Performing CDROM Installation
Loading installation process and scanning system hardware.
Welcome to the UNIX Installation Procedure
This procedure installs UNIX onto your system. You will
be asked a series of system configuration questions.
Until you answer all questions, your system is not changed
in any way.
During the question and answer session, you can go back to
any previous question and change your answer by entering:
history
You can get more information about a question by entering:
help
There are two types of installations:
o The Default Installation installs a mandatory set of
software subsets on a predetermined file system layout.