Preparing to Install Your Operating System
3-8 AlphaServer 1000 Rackmount Owner's Guide
7.
When the system displays the message, "Power-cycle the system to implement the
change," press the Reset button.
These steps initiate loading of the firmware. Once the DEC OSF/1 and OpenVMS
firmware is loaded and the system is initialized, the system displays the SRM console
prompt (>>>).
Installing DEC OSF/1
To install the DEC OSF/1 operating system from a CDROM, perform these steps:
1.
Place the CDROM containing the operating system into the CDROM drive on your
server.
2.
Enter the following command at the DEC OSF/1 and OpenVMS (SRM) console
prompt to determine the unit number of the drive for your device:
>>>
show device
3.
The
show device
command displays output similar to this example:
Example 3–1: The show device Command Display
dka400.4.0.6.0
DKA400
RRD43 2893
dva0.0.0.1
DVA0
ewa0.0.0.13.0
EWA0
08-00-2B-3E-B6-C8
pka0.7.0.6.0
PKA0
SCSI Bus ID 7
4.
When the system displays the device table, look for the line with the CDROM device
string, RRD43, which indicates the CDROM device. The device boot string for your
system, which begins with the letters DKA, appears in that line. In the example, the
device boot string is DKA400.
5.
Enter the
boot
command and the appropriate boot device string for your system. For
example:
>>>
boot DKA400
Installing DEC OSF/1 with Remote Installation Service
Remote Installation Service (RIS) is a tool that allows remote installation of DEC OSF/1
to Alpha systems over a local area network. Before you attempt to install the DEC OSF/1
