User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 System Requirements
- 2.3 Configuring Your System
- 2.4 Updating the Debug Monitor Firmware
- 2.4.1 Updating Firmware in a Flash ROM
- 2.4.2 Updating the Flash ROM from the AlphaBIOS S...
- 2.4.3 Updating the Flash ROM from the Windows NT ...
- 2.4.4 Updating the Flash ROM from the Debug Monit...
- 2.4.5 Updating the Flash ROM from the Alpha SRM C...
- 2.4.6 Running Firmware Update
- 2.4.7 Updating Firmware in a UVPROM
- 2.5 Switching to the Debug Monitor Firmware on Fl...
- 2.6 Debug Monitor Memory Map
- 2.7 Downloading Files
- 2.8 Execution Commands
- 2.9 Resetting the Debug Monitor
- Remote Debugging
- User Commands
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Using the Commands
- 4.3 User Commands Quick Reference
- 4.4 User Commands
- apropos
- arpshow
- bcoff
- bcon
- beep
- boot
- bootadr
- bootopt
- bpstat
- cb
- cfreg
- cl
- compare
- cont
- copy
- cq
- creg
- cw
- date
- delete
- dis
- dml
- dmq
- ebuff
- edevice
- edmp
- einit
- eml
- emq
- eprom
- ereg
- eshow
- estat
- estop
- fill
- flash
- flasherase
- flboot
- flcd
- flcopy
- fldir
- flload
- flread
- flsave
- flwrite
- fwupdate
- go
- help
- iack
- ident
- init
- jtopal
- ladebug
- load
- mces
- mcheck
- memtest
- mrb
- mrl
- mrw
- mwb
- mwl
- mww
- netboot
- netload
- next
- pb
- pcishow
- pfreg
- pl
- pq
- prb
- preg
- prl
- prw
- pw
- pwb
- pwl
- pww
- rabox
- rb
- rbcfg
- rbctl
- rbiu
- riccsr
- rl
- rmode
- romboot
- romlist
- romload
- romverify
- rsys
- rw
- sb
- setbaud
- setty
- sl
- sq
- step
- stop
- sum
- sw
- swpipl
- sysshow
- tip
- version
- wabox
- wb
- wbcfg
- wbctl
- wbiu
- wiccsr
- wl
- wrfen
- wsys
- ww
- Support, Products, and Documentation
- Index
User Commands 4–131
User Commands
romboot
romboot
The romboot command loads the specified image from ROM and begins execution.
Format
romboot [type] [address]
Parameters
type
Specifies the image to load into ROM. If the type is specified as #0, then any header
information is ignored and the entire contents of the ROM is loaded. The default is to
load and execute the first image in the system ROM.
address
Specifies the starting address for loading the image into ROM.
Description
The romboot command loads and executes the operating system and associated
firmware from the system ROM. Use the romlist command to display the images
contained in the ROM. You can specify the type as a number or a name.
Type_number Type_name Description
0 DBM Alpha Motherboard Debug Monitor
1NTWindows NT
2 VMS OpenVMS
3 UNIX DIGITAL UNIX
7 LINUX Linux, MILO
8 VXWORKS VxWorks
10 SROM Serial ROM