Reading The Startup Test Results - DEC AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

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Systems with Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha
If you are using the Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating systems, the SRM
console prompt is displayed after the system startup display. The prompt looks like
this:
>>>
To display any messages that may have scrolled by, enter the cat el command or
more el command at the console prompt. Either command lists the contents of the
event log file one screen at a time.
The following example shows a sample startup display and the SRM console prompt
for systems running Digital UNIX or OpenVMS. (The initial lines, related to
copyright and patent information, remain on-screen for a few seconds only.)
Example 4-2: Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha SRM Startup Display
BIOS Emulation V1.15a
Copyright (c) 1993-1995 Digital Equipment Corporation
All Rights Reserved
Patent Pending
initializing keyboard
eb.....ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.e3.e2.e1.e0.
Xn.n-nnnn, built on Oct
>>>

Reading the Startup Test Results

The Windows NT startup test display looks similar to the following example. Test
failures are indicated by an error list including errors that must be fixed before
Windows NT may be booted.
BIOS Emulation V1.15a
Copyright (c) 1993-1995 Digital Equipment Corporation
All Rights Reserved
Patent Pending
4-6 Basic Operation
4 1996 at 14:48:51
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