Installation manual

Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade
C.1 Booting Procedures
7. Use the Exchange utility to copy SYFBOO.CMD back to the console media.
Enter the following command and press Return:
$ EXCHANGE COPY SYFBOO.CMD CSA1:SYFBOO.CMD
8. When the copy operation completes, enter the following command and press
Return:
$ DISMOUNT CSA1
9. To secure the console media from unauthorized access, you must enter the
following command and press Return:
$ MOUNT/FOREIGN/SYSTEM/NOWRITE/NOASSIST CSA1
To boot from [SYSF], use the following procedure:
1. Make sure the console media is in the console drive. Set the upper keylock
switch to ENABLE and the lower keylock switch to HALT.
2. Press Ctrl/P.
3. Enter the following command at the console-mode prompt (>>>) and press
Return:
>>> B/R5:800 CSA1
4. At the boot prompt, enter the following command:
@SYFBOO.CMD
C.1.5 VAX 8600 and 8650 Computers
To boot from [SYSF], create a command procedure named SYFBOO.COM before
the upgrade is started.
To create SYFBOO.COM, use the following procedure:
Note
This procedure assumes that you have installed and booted the OpenVMS
VAX operating system and are logged in to the SYSTEM account.
1. Log in to the SYSTEM account.
2. Make sure that the console media is in the console drive and that the
TERMINAL CONTROL switch is set to LOCAL.
3. To connect the console drive, enter the following commands and press Return
after each one:
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSGEN
SYSGEN> CONNECT CONSOLE
SYSGEN> EXIT
4. Use the Exchange utility to copy DEFBOO.COM from the console media to
your current directory on the system disk. Enter a command similar to the
following and press Return:
$ EXCHANGE COPY CSA1:DEFBOO.COM *
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