Owner`s manual

4.1 How Booting Works
The boot program reads the virtual memory boot program
(VMB) from the boot device. VMB in turn boots the
operating system.
Figure 4–1: Boot Procedure
Bootblock with boot
primitive loads VMB
into memory
Enter BOOT command
at the
console prompt
VMB
boots the
operating system
Boot primitive on the
primary processor reads boot-
block from boot device
System reinitializes
and self-test
is performed
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