Operating instructions

3.6 Booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer

You can boot OpenVMS from InfoServer with a LAN device. The de-

vices are designated eg*0, ew*0, or ei*0. The asterisk stands for the

adapter ID (a, b, c, and so on).

Example 3–6 InfoServer Boot

P00>>> show device

dqa0.0.0.16.0 DQA0

dva0.0.1000.0* DVA0

ega0.0.0.5.2 EGA0

eia0.0.0.8.0 EIA0

pka0.7.0.1.2 PKA0

pkb0.7.0.101.2 PKB0

HL-DT-ST GCE-8302B 2.01

00-00-00-00-00-00

40-00-04-A5-F8-00

SCSI Bus ID 7

P00>>>

P00>>> boot -flags 0,0 -file apb_0721 ega0

(boot ewa0.0.0.9.0 -file APB_0721 -flags 0,0)

Trying MOP boot.

.............

Network load complete.

Host name: CALSUN

Host address: aa-00-04-00-a4-4e

bootstrap code read in

base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 70400

initializing HWRPB at 2000

initializing page table at 3ffee000

initializing machine state

setting affinity to the primary CPU

jumping to bootstrap code

* DS25 systems have no floppy drive.

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