Owner`s manual

5.18.1 SET BOOT

The SET BOOT command allows you to store a BOOT

command by a nickname for easy reference. Then you

can reference the full BOOT command by the nickname.

The lower key switch on the control panel must be set to

Update.

Examples

! Turn key switch to Update.

>>> SET BOOT DIAG /XMI:D DU0

>>> ! This creates a saved boot specification called DIAG

! that boots the disk unit 0 from XMI node D.

! SHOW BOOT command displays all saved BOOT specifications.

>>> SHO BOOT

DEFAULT /XMI:D DU1

DIAG /XMI:D DU0

>>> SET BOOT DIAG ! Removes the boot specification saved

! under the name DIAG.

>>> SHO BOOT ! SHOW BOOT command confirms DIAG is re-

DEFAULT /XMI:D DU1 ! moved from saved BOOT specifications,

! from example #1 above.

>>> SET BOOT DEFAULT /XMI:E /NODE:0405 /R5:40000000 DU0

! Sets the default boot device for the

! system to be disk unit 0 (DU0) on the

! VAXcluster; booting from system root 4.

! 04 and 05 are the specified VAXcluster

! node numbers of the HSC that controls

! the boot device.

! SHOW BOOT command confirms DEFAULT is

>>> SHO BOOT ! changed in saved BOOT specifications.

DEFAULT /R5:40000000 /XMI:E /NODE:0405 DU0

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