Operating instructions

Table 7–7 Troubleshooting Boot Problems (Continued)
Problem/Possible Cause Action
System does not boot. Verify that no unsupported adapters are installed.
Environment variables are
Use the SRM show and set commands to check
incorrectly set. This could
happen if the main logic
board has been replaced,
which would cause a loss of
and set the values assigned to boot-related
variables such as auto_action, bootdef_dev, and
boot_osflags.
the previous configuration
information.
System will not boot over
the network.
For problems booting over a network, check the
ew*0_protocols, ei*0_protocols or
eg*0_protocols environment variable settings:
Systems booting from a Tru64 UNIX server
should be set to bootp; systems booting from an
OpenVMS server should be set to mop. Run the
test command to check that the boot device is
operating.
Troubleshooting 7-9