The Boot Command; Boot Command Parameters/Qualifiers - DEC 3000 500 Owner's Manual

The boot Command

The boot Command
Description The
program, which loads and starts the operating system software.
Issue the
Command
Syntax
>>> boot <-flags> <-filename> boot_device
Command The
Description Table 9–4.
Table 9–4 Boot Command Parameters/Qualifiers
Parameter
-flags
-filename
boot_device
Default Boot If you do not use the
Flags command, the system uses the default boot flag values (0, 0).
Information about using boot flags is provided in your operating
system documentation:
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OpenVMS AXP operating
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DEC OSF/1 AXP operating
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9–8 Using Console Commands
command initializes the system and starts the boot
boot
command using the following syntax:
boot
command and its parameters are described in
boot
Specified as
-fl <value>
-fi
<filename>
Device name,
such as DKA200
and
-fl
Return
Description
ASCII string of up to 23 characters.
A filename of up to 23 characters,
used when booting across a network
device to specify the name of a file to
load into the system.
A device from which the system
attempts to boot.
parameters with the
-fi
Refer to the...
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