Digital Equipment AlphaServer 2000, Owner'S Manual

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Turning the System On
• Verify your configuration.
The remainder of this section contains more information about
each of these tasks.
Run the EISA Configuration Utility.
If you have added, removed, or moved an EISA or ISA board,
you must run the EISA Configuration Utility before booting the
operating system. See ‘‘EISA Bus Options ’’ in Chapter 3.
Check Required Environment Variable Settings—DEC OSF/1 or
OpenVMS.
If you are running DEC OSF/1 or OpenVMS, you may want
to check that settings for the following variables match your
configuration. The console command you use to reset the
variable is shown in parenthesis. For more information about
each console command, refer to the AlphaServer 2000/2100
Firmware Reference Guide.
• Operating system ( set os_type )
• Console display device type ( set console )
• Speed for Fast SCSI devices ( set pk*0_fast )
• Boot device (
set bootdef_dev
)
• Boot flags (
set boot_osflags
)
Change Default Power-Up or Bootstrap.
If you want to change the way the system powers up or boots
the operating system, you need to change default values for your
system’s environment variables. Typical changes would be to set
the system to autoboot or to change the default boot device.
• For information about changing these variables on a DEC
OSF/1 or OpenVMS system, refer to the AlphaServer 2000
/2100 Firmware Reference Guide.
• Microsoft Windows NT systems boot automatically. If you
do not want your Windows NT system to boot automatically,
select
Set up autoboot from the Setup menu and choose
No
when prompted. Refer to the AlphaServer 2000/2100
Firmware Reference Guide for more information.
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