Booting Digital Unix Or Openvms Alpha Operating Systems; Digital Unix And Openvms Alpha System Defaults - Compaq AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

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Basic Operation

Example 4–8: Windows NT Boot Selection Menu

Alpha Firmware Version n.nn

Boot selection menu:

Add a boot selection

Change a boot selection

Check boot selections

Delete a boot selection

Dump boot selections

Rearrange boot selections

Setup menu...

Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.

Booting Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha Operating Systems

The operating system, if supplied, is installed on the system disk.

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For more information on preinstalled Digital UNIX software, see the Digital UNIX

Factory Installed Software user information card.

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For more information on preinstalled OpenVMS Alpha software, see the OpenVMS

Alpha Factory Installed Software user information card.

When the system is shipped with Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha software installed, the

system default settings cause the system to boot from the system disk automatically after it

successfully completes the startup tests. You can change these settings if, for example, you

want the system to halt at the console prompt (>>>) after it completes the startup tests.

The Digital UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha operating systems use default settings to tell the

system where the operating system is located and how to boot the system. When the

system is shipped, these default settings cause the system to boot from the system disk.

You can set different default settings if, for example, you want to boot the operating

system from a different device. See "set" in Table 4–1, "Basic SRM Console Commands."

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