7 Alpha SRM Console Firmware
The Alpha SRM Console firmware initializes the system and enables you to install
and boot the DIGITAL UNIX operating system. This firmware resides in the flash
ROM on the AlphaPC 164 motherboard.
7.1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions
The following conventions are used in this section:
Convention
>>>
Backslash (\) at the end of a line
_>
Maximum command length
Multiple contiguous spaces or tabs Treated as a single space.
Command abbreviations
Command qualifiers or options
Numbers
Description
Alpha SRM Console prompt.
Continuation symbol to continue long commands
on the next line.
Continuation line prompt.
255 characters.
Allowed, if not ambiguous.
Prefix with a space and a dash (-).
Hexadecimal, unless otherwise specified. (Regis-
ters, such as R0–R31, are shown in decimal nota-
tion.)
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