Installation manual

Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade

C.1 Booting Procedures

• d is the HSC node number of the node being accessed. The /NODE

qualiﬁer is not necessary if you are booting from a local disk. The HSC

node number is in hexadecimal. You can deposit a maximum of two HSC

node numbers (if two HSCs are available).

• u is the unit number of the drive holding the system disk.

For example, suppose you want to boot from [SYSF] on an HSC disk with a

unit number of one and your system has the following conﬁguration:

• The disk is connected to the VAXBI at node 2.

• The VAXBI you are using is connected to the XMI at

node 3.

• The disk is available to two HSCs, node numbers 0E

and 02.

Enter the following command and press Return:

>>> BOOT/R5:F0000000/XMI:3/BI:2/NODE:0E02 DU1

C.1.7 VAX 9000 Series

The upgrade procedure automatically updates DEFBOO.CMD to boot from

[SYSF]. If you want to boot a VAX 9000 computer manually from [SYSF] however,

you must set up DEFBOO.CMD to boot from the system disk and perform the

following procedure:

1. Press Ctrl/P to obtain the console prompt.

2. Enter the following BOOT commands:

>>> I/K

>>> BOOT/NOSTART

>>> DEPOSIT R5 F0000000

>>> CONTINUE

3. If you set up DEFBOO.CMD properly, the system boots from the SYSF

directory on the system disk, and you can continue with the upgrade

procedure.

If the system does not boot, enter the SHOW CONFIGURATION console

command and verify that DEFBOO.CMD contains the correct information

for your conﬁguration. For more information, refer to the OpenVMS VAX

Upgrade and Installation Supplement: VAX 9000 Series.

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