Alpha SRM Console Firmware
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7 Alpha SRM Console Firmware
The Alpha SRM Console firmware initializes the system and enables you to install
and boot the DIGITAL UNIX operating system. This firmware resides in the flash
ROM on the AlphaPC 164 motherboard.
7.1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions
The following conventions are used in this section:
Convention
Description
>>>
Alpha SRM Console prompt.
Backslash (\) at the end of a line
Continuation symbol to continue long commands
on the next line.
_>
Continuation line prompt.
Maximum command length
255 characters.
Multiple contiguous spaces or tabs Treated as a single space.
Command abbreviations
Allowed, if not ambiguous.
Command qualifiers or options
Prefix with a space and a dash (-).
Numbers
Hexadecimal, unless otherwise specified. (Regis-
ters, such as R0–R31, are shown in decimal nota-
tion.)
