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Booting and Installing an Operating System 6-25
Network Initial System Load Function
Version 1.2
FUNCTION
ID
FUNCTION
1 - Display Menu
2 - Help
3 - Choose Service
4 - Select Options
5 - Stop
Enter a function ID value:
Enter a function ID Value: 3
OPTION OPTION
ID
1 - Find Services
2 - Enter known Service Name
Enter an Option ID value: 2
Enter a Known Service Name: ALPHA_V71-2_SSB
OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V7.1-2
1. Power up the system. The system stops at the P00>>> console prompt.
2. Insert the operating system DVD/CD-ROM into the drive connected to the
InfoServer.
3. Enter the show device command
to determine the unit number of the
drive for your device.
4. Enter the boot command and any command-line parameters
.In
Example 6–7 the device is EIA0. APB_0712 is the file name of the APB
program used for the initial system load (ISL) boot program.
The InfoServer ISL program displays a menu
.
5. Respond to the menu prompts
, using the selections shown in this
example.
For complete instructions on booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer, see the
OpenVMS installation document.