System Boot Procedures; Booting From A Local Disk Drive; Boot Command Qualifiers (Local Disks) - Digital Equipment VAX 6000 Series Operation Manual

4.1 Booting from a Local Disk Drive

To boot the system from a local disk, enter the BOOT command in the
following format:
>>> BOOT [/R5:a] /XMI:b /BI:c [/R3:d] DUu
Table 4–1 lists the BOOT command qualifiers.
Table 4–1 Boot Command Qualifiers (Local Disks)
Qualifier Function
/R5:a Deposits a value (a) into R5. This value affects the execution of
VMB.EXE. The /R5 qualifier is optional.
/XMI:b Specifies the XMI node number (b) of the node being accessed.
Defaults to the lowest numbered I/O device.
/BI:c Specifies the VAXBI node number (c) of the node being accessed.
Defaults to 0.
/R3:d Required only if you are using Volume Shadowing phase I (see the
VAX Volume Shadowing Manual for more information). If you are
using Volume Shadowing phase II, you do not need this qualifier,
but you must set several SYSGEN parameters, as described in the
VMS Volume Shadowing Manual.
u Specifies the unit number of the drive holding the system disk.

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