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7.10 Booting OpenVMS from a CD-ROM
This section shows how to boot OpenVMS from the CD-ROM
drive. The first step is to issue the show device command to de-
termine the mnemonic of the CD drive. This method of booting
OpenVMS replaces standalone backup.
Example 7-8
CD-ROM OpenVMS Boot
P08>>> show device
polling for units on isp0, slot 0, bus 0, hose0...
dka200.2.0.0.0
DKA200
dka400.4.0.0.0
DKA400
polling for units on isp1, slot 1, bus 0, hose0...
polling for units on isp2, slot 4, bus 0, hose0...
polling for units on isp3, slot 5, bus 0, hose0...
dkd400.4.0.5.0
DKD400
dkd500.5.0.5.0
DKD500
P08>>> boot -flags 0,0 dkd400.4.0.5.0
Booting...
Connecting to boot device dkd400
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1ee000
initializing machine state
jumping to bootstrap at 1fa000
OpenVMS Alpha Operating System, Version V6.2
Copyright (c) 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Installing required known files...
Configuring devices...
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You can install or upgrade the OpenVMS Alpha operating
system or you can install or upgrade layered products that
are included on the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD-ROM.
You can also execute DCL commands and procedures to
perform "standalone" tasks, such as backing up the system
disk.
Please choose one of the following:
1)
Install or upgrade OpenVMS Alpha Version V6.2
2)
List layered product kits that this procedure can
install
7-22 Diagnostics and Utilities
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440C
RZ26L
440C
RRD44
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RZ26L
440C
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