Compaq AlphaServer DS20E Reference Manual page 103

Example 4–5 shows a boot from a CD-ROM on a local drive. The example is
abbreviated. For complete instructions on booting OpenVMS, see the OpenVMS
installation document.
1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM console prompt,
P00>>>.
2. Set boot environment variables, if desired. See Section 4.1.
3. Install the boot medium. For a network boot, see Section 4.6.
4. Enter the show device command
drive for your device.
5. Enter the boot command and command-line parameters (if you have not set
the associated environment variables.) In Example 4–5, the boot command
with the -flags option
device DKA0.
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causes the system to boot from [SYS0.EXE] on
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to determine the unit number of the