
Booting
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Table 4-4 Environment Variables (Continued)
Environment Variable
Function
boot_reset
Initializes the system before booting and self-
test is displayed, if set to on.
cpu
Selects the current boot processor.
cpu_enabled
Indicates which processors are enabled to run.
If not defined, all processors are considered
enabled.
cpu_primary
Indicates which processors are enabled to be-
come the next boot processor following the
next reset. If not defined, all processors are
considered enabled.
dump_dev
1
Complete device specification of the device to
which operating system dumps are written.
The default value when the system is shipped
is a valid device.
enable_audit
Allows audit trail messages to be displayed
during booting, if set to on.
interleave
The memory interleave specification. The
value must be default, none, or an explicit in-
terleave list. The default value is default.
language
Determines whether the system displays mes-
sage numbers or message text in English (de-
fault).
1For DEC 7000 systems using OpenVMS Alpha AXP only.
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