Installing The Vms Operating System; Device Names - Digital Equipment VAXstation 2000 Supplement Manual

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Installing the VMS Operating System
The Upgrade and Installation Manual is your primary source for step-by-step
upgrade and installation procedures. Start any VMS installation or upgrade by
following the instructions in the Upgrade and Installation Manual.
Refer to this chapter for installation information specific to the VAXstation 2000
and MicroVAX 2000 computers, such as the following:
• Determining device names
• Turning on the system
• Booting standalone BACKUP
• Booting ~he new system disk
Note
The screen displays and examples in this manual depict the installation
of VMS Version 5.4. Your screen displays reflect the version that you are
installing.
If you are installing the VMS operating system on a VAX computer that is part of
a VAXcluster environment, read the VAXcluster Systems for Open VMS.
2.1 Device Names
Before you install the VMS operating system, you must determine the device
names for the drive that contains the distribution media and the drive that
contains the system disk. A device name has the following format:
ddcu
where:
• dd is the device code. The device code tells what type of device you are using.
• c is the controller designation. A controller designation can be one of the
alphabetic letters A through Z. The controller designation, along with the unit
number, identifies the location of the device.
• u is the unit number. The unit number is a decimal number that, along with
the controller designation, identifies the location of the device.
For example, DUA2 is the device name for the diskette drive (if your system has
one). DU is the device code for the diskette drive, A names the controller (the
controller provides the interface between the processor and the drive), and 2 is
the unit number.
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