Operating instructions

Chapter 3
Booting and Installing
an Operating System
This chapter gives instructions for booting the Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, and
Linux operating systems and for starting an operating system installation. It
also describes how to switch from one operating system to another. Refer to
your operating system documentation for complete instructions on booting or
starting an installation.
The following topics are included:
• Setting Boot Options
• Booting Tru64 UNIX
• Starting a Tru64 UNIX Installation
• Booting Linux
• Booting OpenVMS
• Booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer
• Starting an OpenVMS Installation
NOTE: Your system may have been delivered to you with factory-installed soft-
ware (FIS); that is, with a version of the operating system already in-
stalled. If so, refer to the FIS documentation included with your system
to boot your operating system for the first time. Linux-ready systems
do not come with factory-installed software.
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