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4.5 Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade
In the future, you might want to upgrade to the most recent version of
the OpenVMS operating system. During the upgrade procedure you must
boot from the [SYSF] directory. To boot from [SYSF], do the following:
1. If you have a CIBCA-A adapter and are booting over the CI, insert the
console tape cartridge into the console drive.
2. Press Ctrl/P to put the system in console mode.
3. Enter the BOOT command in the following format:
>>> BOOT /R5:F0000000 /XMI:a /BI:b [/R3:c] [/NODE:d] DUu
where:
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a is the XMI node number of the system disk.
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b is the VAXBI node number of the system disk.
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c pertains to Volume Shadowing. This qualifier is 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.
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d is the HSC node number of the node being accessed. The /NODE
qualifier is not necessary if you are booting from a local disk. The
HSC node number is in hexadecimal. You can deposit a maximum
of two HSC node numbers (if two HSCs are available).
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u is the unit number of the drive holding the system disk.
Example:
The following command specifies to boot from [SYSF] of an HSC disk with
a unit number of 1. The disk is connected to VAXBI node 2 of XMI node 3
and is available to two HSCs, node numbers 0E and 02.
>>> BOOT/R5:F0000000/XMI:3/BI:2/NODE:0E02 DU1
System Boot Procedures 4–7
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