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4.2 Booting Overview ................................................................... 4-4
4.3 Boot Command Syntax .......................................................... 4-6
4.3.1 Console Environment Variables ................................... 4-10
4.3.2 Set Commands for Booting .......................................... 4-12
4.4 Booting Concepts.................................................................. 4-14
4.4.1 How Bootblock Booting Works...................................... 4-14
4.4.2 Boot Processor Selection ............................................... 4-16
4.5 Booting from a Local Device ................................................ 4-18
4.5.1 Local Device Booting Concepts ..................................... 4-18
4.5.2 CD-ROM OpenVMS Alpha AXP Booting ..................... 4-20
4.5.3 CD-ROM OSF/1 Booting .............................................. 4-22
4.5.4 Local Device Booting Examples.................................... 4-24
4.6 Booting from an InfoServer ................................................. 4-26
4.6.1 InfoServer Concepts ...................................................... 4-26
4.6.2 InfoServer OpenVMS VAX Booting ............................. 4-28
4.6.3 Selecting an Ethernet Service....................................... 4-30
4.7 Booting from a VMScluster ................................................. 4-32
4.7.1 VMScluster Concepts .................................................... 4-32
4.7.2 CI OpenVMS Alpha AXP Booting................................. 4-34
4.7.3 CI OSF/1 Booting.......................................................... 4-36
4.7.4 CI OpenVMS VAX Booting ........................................... 4-38
4.7.5 Shadow Set OpenVMS VAX Booting ........................... 4-40
4.7.6 DSSI OpenVMS VAX Booting ..................................... 4-42
Appendix A Console Commands
Appendix B Boot Options
Appendix C Updating Firmware
C.1 Booting LFU on a DEC 7000 System....................................C-2
C.2 Booting LFU on a VAX 7000 System ....................................C-4
C.3 Show .......................................................................................C-6
C.4 List ..........................................................................................C-8
C.5 Update ..................................................................................C-10
C.6 Exit .......................................................................................C-12
C.7 Display and Verify Commands............................................C-14