Initial Testing; Booting Up Under Amos; Installing Alpha Micro Software - Alpha Microsystems AM-6000 Owner's Manual

Installation

INITIAL TESTING

Before you boot the computer under AMOS, or hook up any printers and additional terminals, you
should use the self test feature to verify that the hardware is working correctly. For full information on
the self test, refer to The Self Test User's Guide shipped with this owner's manual. Perform the self test
now before proceeding to the next section.

BOOTING UP UNDER AMOS

Normally, the AMOS system software is installed by Alpha Micro before the computer leaves the
factory. If this is the case, all you need to do to bring the computer up under AMOS is turn the computer
on. Follow these steps:
1. Turn on your terminal and any other peripheral devices such as a printer.
2. Press the AC power button on the front panel.
If the system software is already on your hard disk, within a few seconds you will see a succession of
boot codes on the front panel status display, then system initialization file commands appear in rapid
succession on the operator terminal screen as they are executed.
If nothing appears on the status display or the terminal screen after a minute's wait, contact your Alpha
Micro VAR. You may need to follow the instructions below to install the operating system onto your
System Disk.
When the computer is up and running, the front panel LED will display a zero.

INSTALLING ALPHA MICRO SOFTWARE

If the AMOS software is not already installed on your hard disk, you should have received a system
software tape or CD from your VAR along with the computer. If you did not, contact your VAR for
help.
If you do have the system software tape or CD, you need both it and a "warm boot" tape supplied by
your VAR in order to install your system software. Installing the software on your computer involves
copying the latest system software from the tape or CD to your hard disk. Additionally, other software
packages can be installed from a CD. AlphaCD contains all released software which can be copied from
a logical disk on the CD to your system disk drive.
The tapes or CDs are accompanied by the Release Notes for the particular software release shipped with
your computer. This document describes the most recent features incorporated into the software, and
contains current instructions for transferring the files to your hard disk. The installation instructions in
the Release Notes give you all the details for getting your computer up and running.
To install the system software from a streaming tape to a new computer, you need to:
1. Make sure power to the computer is turned on. Check that the boot device unit number is set
correctly. See "AM-6000 CMOS Setup Procedure," in Chapter 3.
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