5-4 AlphaServer 300 User’s Guide
Table 5-1 System Troubleshooting
(continued)
Problem
Possible Cause
Action
System does not boot.
Operating system
software is not installed
on the hard disk drive.
System cannot find the
boot device.
Environment variables
incorrectly set.
Install the appropriate operating
system.
Check the system configuration for
correct device parameters.
Digital UNIX and OpenVMS: Use
the SRM
show device
command. (See Chapter 3,
Console Commands.) Use
gathered information to identify
target devices for boot command
and verify that the system sees all
installed devices.
Windows NT: Use the ARC console
to display the available boot
devices. First, from the Boot menu
select
Supplementary
menu
...
, then select
Display
hardware configuration
.
Verify that the target boot device is
listed.
Check and set the environment
variables, if necessary.
Digital UNIX and OpenVMS:
Use the SRM console
show
and
set
commands to check and set
the values assigned to boot-related
variables such as auto_action,
bootdef_dev, and boot_osflags.
(See Chapter 3, Console
Commands.)
