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NNNN is the shadow set value which is dependent on the system
VAX
configuration, and is used with OpenVMS VAX. This optional pa-
7000
rameter (up to 4 hex digits) is deposited into bits 16–31 of General
Purpose Register R3. This parameter is not used on DEC 7000
systems.
•
M is the system root of the boot device in hex which is dependent on
the system configuration. This value can be between 0 and F. This pa-
rameter is deposited into bits 28–31 of General Purpose Register R5 for
VAX 7000 systems. For DEC 7000 systems, it is deposited using the
console environment variable booted_osflags.
•
PPPP is the hex value for the Alpha primary boot program (APB) as
listed in Appendix B. It is also used with the virtual memory boot pro-
gram (VMB) options as listed in Appendix B. This parameter is depos-
ited into bits 0–27 of General Purpose Register R5.
•
QQ is part of the device name indicating the device type as shown in
Table 4-3.
Table 4-3 Device Names
Device Type
Disk (MSCP)
Disk (SCSI), CD-ROM
2
InfoServer (Ethernet)
2
InfoServer (FDDI)
1 For DEC 7000 systems only.
2 For VAX 7000 systems only.
Name
duRRSSSS.A.B.C.D
1
dkRRSSSS.A.B.C.D
exRRSSSS.A.B.C.D
fxRRSSSS.A.B.C.D
Device Adapter
CIXCD, KDM70,
KFMSA
KZMSA
DEMNA
DEMFA
Booting 4-7
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