DEC Personal DECstation 5000 User Manual page 197

Console Commands
G.2 Summary of Console Commands
• To boot from a drive, use this form:
slot number/(rz | tz) scsi id/filename.
slot number is the SCSI controller slot number.
Use rz to boot from a hard disk or CD–ROM.
Use tz to boot from a tape drive.
scsi id is the SCSI ID for the drive you are using to boot.
file name is the name of the specific file you want to boot.
For example, to boot the file named vmunix in multiuser mode from a hard
disk drive with SCSI ID 2 that is connected to the SCSI connector on the
back of the system unit, type boot 3/rz2/vmunix -a and press Return. To
boot the file called vmunix from a tape drive that has SCSI ID 5 and is
connected to a SCSI option module in slot 1, type boot 1/tz5/vmunix and
press Return.
• To perform a multiuser boot operation, include the -a argument. If you
omit the -a argument, the system performs a single-user boot.
• To use the base system frame buffer as an additional video display in part
of multi-screen graphics configuration, include the -mg argument in the
boot command. For example, type boot 3/rz2/vmunix -a -mg to use the
base frame buffer as an additional graphics display. The -mg argument
can also be saved as a boot environment variable–for example: setenv
"boot/rz2/ -a -mg".
• If you do not include a bootpath in the boot command, the system uses the
boot environment variable.
• If you include any additional arguments, you must type the entire boot
command. The system ignores the boot environment variable whenever
you specify any arguments in the boot command.
G–6 Console Commands