Installation guide

4-6 Booting

4.3 Boot Command Syntax

With the system in console mode, you can issue a boot command.

You must give a complete specification in which the parameters

determine the boot device. (These parameters can be defined and

stored as a nickname used for future booting.)

Figure 4-3 Boot Command

NOTE: The boot command can be shortened to b, the -file parameter to fi,

and the -flags parameter to -fl.

Figure 4-3 shows the components of the boot command. The -flags pa-

rameter allows the use of additional boot command parameters. Not all

parameters are required; some are optional. These parameters are not

used with the OSF/1 operating system. The parameters are:

b[oot] -fl[ags]

NNNN, M, PPPP QQ RR SSSS.AAA.B.CC.D -FILE FILENAME

BXB-0303A-92

Shadow set value (hex)

System root (0-F hex)

Booting options

Invokes boot 

command

Device code (dk, du, ex, fx, mk)

Device controller (a-zz)

Device unit number

Device node number (0-255)

Device channel number (0,1)

Device XMI slot number (1-14)

I/O channel number (0-3)

File name for MOP booting

Allows

Options N,M,P

= Optional depending on command; 

N, M, P qualifiers not used with OSF/1 operating system.

DEC 10000 systems only

VAX 10000 systems only