Dealing With A Boot Failure - HP Model 745 - VME Workstation Handbook

Dealing with a Boot Failure

To start this workstation from an operating system stored on a device different from the
usual boot device, to boot from a different disk, or to boot from another type of device
(such as a DDS tape drive), see the following situations and examples that use the Boot
Console Interface. To access the Boot Console Interface, see Chapter3 of this book.
• To boot from a known device containing a bootable
operating system, type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > boot <device>
where device is the hardware path to the device, specified in Mnemonic
Style Notation.
For example, to boot an operating system stored on a DDS-format tape in a
drive located at "scsi.1.0," go to the Main Menu of the Boot Console Inter-
face and then type the following command at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command >boot scsi.1.0
The operating system on the specified device is used to start the workstation.
• To interact with the Initial System Loader (ISL) before booting the
workstation, type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command >boot <device>
You are prompted:
Interact with IPL (Y, N, Q)?>
Troubleshooting
Dealing with a Boot Failure
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