3.6 Booting Tru64 UNIX
Tru64 UNIX can be booted from a CD-ROM on a local drive (a CD-ROM drive connected to
the system); from a local SCSI disk, or from a Tru64 UNIX RIS server.
3.6.1 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local SCSI Disk
Example 3-8 shows a boot from a local SCSI drive. The example is abbreviated. For complete
instructions on booting Tru64 UNIX, see the Tru64 UNIX Installation Guide.
Perform the following tasks to boot a Tru64 UNIX system:
1. Power up the system. The system will stop at the SRM console prompt, P00>>>.
2. Set boot environment variables, as described in Section 3.5.
3. Install the boot medium. For a network boot, see Section 3.6.2.
4. Enter the show device command
device.
5. Enter the boot command
associated environment variables). In Example 3-8, boot flags
Example 3-8 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local SCSI Disk
P00>>> sho dev
dka0.0.0.1.1
dka100.1.0.1.1
dka200.2.0.1.1
dka300.3.0.1.1
dkc0.0.0.1.0
dkc100.1.0.1.0
dkc200.2.0.1.0
dkc300.3.0.1.0
dqa0.0.0.15.0
dva0.0.0.1000.0
ewa0.0.0.4.1
pka0.7.0.1.1
P00>>> boot
(boot dka0.0.0.1.1 -flags a)
block 0 of dka0.0.0.1.1 is a valid boot block
reading 13 blocks from dka0.0.0.1.1
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1fff0000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
Tru64 UNIX boot - Thu Jan 14 15:03:19 EST 1999
Loading vmunix ...
Loading at 0xfffffc0000230000
Current PAL Revision <0x4000500010130>
Switching to OSF PALcode Succeeded
New PAL Revision <0x400050002012d>
c
to determine the unit number of the drive for your
and command line parameters (if you have not set the
DKA0
DKA100
DKA200
DKA300
DKC0
DKC100
DKC200
DKC300
DQA0
DVA0
EWA0
PKA0
Compaq ES40CSLP Rackmount System Installation/User/Service Guide 3–21
have already been set.
RZ2ED-LS
RZ2ED-LS
RZ2DD-LS
RZ2DD-LS
RZ2DD-LS
RZ2DD-LS
RZ2DD-LS
RZ2DD-LS
TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B
00-00-F8-10-67-97
SCSI Bus ID 7
Operation
0306
0306
0306
0306
0306
0306
0306
0306
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