Booting Osf/1; Summary; Osf/1 Factory Installed Software; System Defaults - Digital Equipment DECpc AXP 150 User Information

Booting OSF/1

This section describes how to boot the OSF/1 operating system

Summary

from the system disk.
OSF/1 Factory The OSF/1 operating system, if supplied, is factory-installed on
the system disk. OSF/1 factory installed software (FIS) saves
Installed
you time when installing the system, because you do not need
Software
to install the operating system. For more information on OSF/1
Factory Installed Software, see the DEC OSF/1 AXP Factory
Installed Software User Information card.
When the system is shipped, the system default settings cause
Booting OSF/1
Automatically the system to boot from the system disk automatically after it
successfully completes its power-up tests. You can change these
system default settings if you want. For example, you can cause
the system to halt at the console prompt after it completes its
power-up tests.
System The OSF/1 operating system uses default settings to tell the
system where the operating system is located and how to
Defaults
boot the system. When the system is shipped, these default
settings cause the system to boot from the system disk. You
can set different default settings if, for example, you want to
boot the operating system from a different device. See the
Customer Technical Information manual for information on
setting different default settings.
Booting OSF/1 Enter the following command to boot the OSF/1 operating system
using the system default settings:
>>>
>>> boot
Booting OSF/1
Using the System 2–15