Booting Tru64 Unix Over The Network - Compaq ES40CSLP Installation, User & Service Manual

Operation
Sizes:
text = 4836176
data = 1045600
bss = 1603520
Starting at 0xfffffc00005671e0
Loading vmunix symbol table ... [1333528 bytes]
sysconfigtab: attribute Per-proc-address-space not in subsystem proc
Alpha boot: available memory from 0x134c000 to 0x1ffee000
Tru64 UNIX V4.0F-4 (Rev. 1180); Tue Feb 2 13:00:04 EST 1999
physical memory = 512.00 megabytes.
available memory = 492.64 megabytes.
using 1958 buffers containing 15.29 megabytes of memory
Master cpu at slot 0.
Firmware revision: 5.4-5160
PALcode: Tru64 UNIX version 1.45-5
Compaq AlphaServer ES40
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Tru64 UNIX Version V4.0F
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3.6.2 Booting Tru64 UNIX Over the Network

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To boot your Tru64 UNIX system over the network, make sure the system is
registered on a Remote Installation Services (RIS) server. See the Tru64 UNIX
document entitled Sharing Software on a Local Area Network for registration
information.
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Systems running Tru64 UNIX support network adapters, designated ew*0 or ei*0. The asterisk
stands for the adapter ID (a, b, c, and so on).
1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM P00>>> console prompt.
2. Set boot environment variables, if desired. See Section 3.5.
3. Enter the show device command
device.
4. Enter the following commands. Example 3-9 assumes you are booting from ewa0. If you
are booting from another drive, enter that device instead.
P00>>> set ewa0_protocols bootp
P00>>> set ewa0_inet_init bootp
The first command
controller. The second command
network server through the bootp protocol.
5. Enter the boot command
associated environment variables). In Example 3-9, the boot command sets the system to
boot automatically from ewa0 and specifies a full memory dump in case of a system
shutdown.
For complete instructions on booting Tru64 UNIX over the network, see the Tru64 UNIX
Installation Guide
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