B-2
Service Manual PRELIMINARY
B.1
Summary of SRM Console Commands
The SRM console commands are used to examine or modify the system state.
Table B-1 Summary of SRM Console Commands
Command
Function
alphabios
Loads and starts the AlphaBIOS console.
boot
Loads and starts the operating system.
clear envar
Resets an environment variable to its default value.
clear password
Sets the password to 0.
continue
Resumes program execution.
crash
Forces a crash dump at the operating system level.
deposit
Writes data to the specified address.
edit
Invokes the console line editor on a RAM file or on the nvram file
(power-up script).
examine
Displays the contents of a memory location, register, or device.
halt
Halts the specified processor. (Same as stop.)
help
Displays information about the specified console command.
info num
Displays various types of information about the system:
Info shows a list describing the num qualifier.
Info 3 reads the impure area that contains the state of the CPU
before it entered PAL mode.
Info 5 reads the PAL built logout area that contains the data used
by the operating system to create the error entry
Info 8 reads the IOD and IOD1 registers.
initialize
Resets the system.
lfu
Runs the Loadable Firmware Update Utility.
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