1.1.1 Determining the Slot Number (Default)

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1 EK-FSFCO-WS ULTRIX/ULTRIX Worksystem Software Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors Dear Digital Customer, Because of changes in the firmware of the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series processors to enhance support for the TURBOchannel, the boot commans have change As a result, the boot commans for the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series processors that are liste in the Basic Installation Guie, Guie to System Shutown an Startup, Guie to Diskless Management Services, an that are isplaye on the console uring an installation are no longer correct After your new firmware is installe, even if you are not reinstalling the ULTRIX operating system, you must reset the environmental variables for the boot an haltaction commans immeiately Until the software an ocumentation can be revise, please refer to this ocument when booting your DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series processor 1 Booting the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processor The following sections explain the proceures for: Determining the Slot an Unit Numbers of Your Boot Device Setting the Console Environmental Variables Booting from a System Disk Booting from a TK50 Tape Booting from a CDROM Disc Kit Booting from the Network Booting uring the Installation 11 Determining the Slot an Device Numbers of Your Boot Device If you are not reinstalling the ULTRIX operating system after your new firmware has been installe, you will nee to etermine both the slot number of the controller attache to your boot evice an the evice number of your boot evice in orer to change the boot variable The instructions in this section assume that if you have multiple isk rives, CDROM rives, or tape rives, that you know which rive is your boot evice The instructions in this section also assume that you are booting your system from a logical evice controller with a controller number of 0 (0 is the efault boot controller number) This is the most common configuration Digital Equipment Corporation 1990 All rights reserve Restricte Rights: Use, uplication, or isclosure by the US Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data an Computer Software clause of DFARS ULTRIX, ULTRIX-32, ULTRIX Worksystem Software, DECstation, an DECsystem are traemarks of Digital Equipment Corporation Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors 1

2 If you are booting from other than controller 0, check the cabling of your harware to etermine which controller you are booting from or, if you are up an running, check the SYSTEM DISK SELECTION section in the installlog file in /usr/var/am irectory Then refer to section 1712 (booting SCSI evices) or section 1722 (booting from the network) of this ocument for instructions on how to etermine the slot number of the controller attache to your boot evice 111 Determining the Slot Number (Default) To etermine what controllers an evices are configure on your system, type the following comman at the console prompt: >> cnfg The cnfg comman will isplay the options present on the system, as follows: 7:KN0Z-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (16 MB) 6:PMAD-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (enet:08) 5:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 2:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 1:PMAG-AA DEC T30a TCF0 (PXG--D=24) The first column always isplays slot numbers of the evice controllers an the slot numbers iffer with each configuration However, when you are booting your system from a logical evice controller with a controller number of 0 (the efault boot controller), the efault slot number for the efault SCSI boot evice will always be 5 an the efault slot number for the efault network boot evice will always be 6 Table 1 lists the boot information for efault SCSI evices that are attache to the controllers ientifie by the letters "SCSI" in the fifth column of the cnfg comman isplay Table 2 lists the boot information for efault network evices that are attache to the controllers ientifie by the letters "enet" in the fifth column of the cnfg comman isplay Table 1: Default SCSI Devices Boot Devices cnfg Controller Device Name Default Slot Default Controller Ientifiers Number Number Tape SCSI tz 5 0 Disk SCSI rz 5 0 CDROM SCSI rz 5 0 Table 2: Default Network Devices Boot Devices cnfg Controller Device Name Default Slot Default Controller Ientifiers Number Number Network Options enet Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors

3 112 Determining the Boot Device Number To etermine the evice number of your boot evice, type a comman with the following syntax: cnfg slot_number For example, to etermine the evice number of a SCSI isk rive with a controller number of 0 an a slot number of 5, you woul type the following comman: >> cnfg 5 The isk rive woul be ientifie by the wors "rz" in the comman s isplay an the evice number woul immeiately follow the "rz" (rz3, in the following example): 5: PMAZ-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (SCSI = 7) DEV PID VID REV SCSI DEV rz3 RZ56 (C)DEC DEC 0200 DIR SEQ You woul then be able to boot your system or set your system s environmental boot variable, since you woul know that the slot number of controller 0 is 5, the evice name is rz, an evice number of the boot evice attache to that controller is 3 (rz3) Note If the cnfg slot_number comman shows that you have multiple evices configure on the same controller, you will have to know which evice is the boot evice If you o not know which evice is the boot evice, consult your system aministrator 12 Setting the Console Environmental Variables The following sections explain how to set the console environmental variables for the boot an haltaction commans After your new firmware is installe, even if you are not reinstalling the ULTRIX operating system, you must reset the environmental variables for the boot an haltaction commans immeiately You can also set other console environmental variables To get a listing of all of the variables, type: >> printenv For more information about the variables an for instructions on how to set each, see your harware manual 121 Setting the boot Variable You can efine the efault bootpath an enable or isable automatic boot operations by setting specific console environmental variables, epening on whether you will be booting from the system isk or the network 1211 Setting the System Disk Boot Variable The boot variable sets the efault boot evice To set the boot variable for the system isk, use a comman with the following syntax: setenv boot slot_number/evice_name_number/unix_kernel [-a] Replace slot_number with the slot number of the isk controller that is to be the efault boot evice Replace evice_name_number with the name an the evice number of the efault boot evice Replace unix_kernel with the pathname of the unix kernel that is to be the efault kernel Use the -a switch to enable booting to multiuser moe by efault Please note that if you use the -a switch, everything after the wor "boot" must be Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors 3

4 surroune by ouble quotation marks (") Multiuser Moe To set the boot environmental variable to boot to multiuser moe by efault, you must set the -a switch an surroun everything after the wor "boot" in ouble quotation marks (") For example, to set the efault boot evice to an rz isk at slot 0, rive 1, with vmunix as the efault kernel, an to set the efault to boot to multiuser moe, you woul type the following comman: >> setenv boot "0/rz1/vmunix -a" Single-user Moe To set the boot environmental variable to boot to single user moe by efault, o not set the -a switch For example, to set the efault boot evice to an rz isk at slot 0, rive 1, with vmunix as the efault kernel, an to set the efault to boot to single-user moe, you woul type the following comman: >> setenv boot 0/rz1/vmunix 1212 Setting the Network Boot Variable The boot variable sets the efault boot evice To set the boot variable for the network, use a comman with the following syntax: setenv boot slot_number/mop [-a] Replace slot_number with the slot number of the moule that is to be the efault boot evice Use the -a switch to enable booting to multiuser moe by efault Please note that if you use the -a switch, everything after the wor "boot" must be surroune by ouble quotation marks (") Multiuser Moe To set the boot environmental variable to boot to multiuser moe by efault, you must set the -a switch an surroun everything after the wor "boot" in ouble quotation marks (") For example, to set the efault boot evice to the network at slot 0, an to set the efault to boot to multiuser moe, you woul type the following comman: >> setenv boot "0/mop -a" Single-user Moe To set the boot environmental variable to boot to single user moe by efault, o not set the -a switch For example, to set the efault boot evice to the network at slot 0, an to set the efault to boot to single-user moe, you woul type the following comman: >> setenv boot 0/mop 122 Setting the haltaction Variable The haltaction variable enables or isables automatic boot operation To set the haltaction variable, use a comman with the following syntax: setenv haltaction variable To enable automatic boot moe using the boot variable, set the haltaction variable to b by typing the following comman: >> setenv haltaction b Note If you wish to enable automatic rebooting to multiuser moe, you must make sure that when you set the boot variable initially, you use the -a switch To isable the automatic boot operation (that is, to suppress an automatic reboot after the RESET button has been epresse or as the result of a power on), set the haltaction variable to h by typing the following comman: 4 Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors

5 >> setenv haltaction h To force the system to restart when the reset button is presse, an thereby o a memory ump, set the haltaction variable to r by typing the following comman: >> setenv haltaction r 13 Booting From a Disk You can boot the system isk or an alternate isk or alternate kernel to either single-user or multiuser moe 131 Booting From the System Disk To boot the system isk to single-user or multiuser moe, type the following comman: The system boots the evice that was set in the boot console environmental variable escribe previously Note If you wish to boot the efault isk or kernel image to multiuser moe, you must make sure that when you set the boot variable initially, you use the -a switch 132 Booting From an Alternate Disk or Kernel To boot an alternate isk or kernel image to single-user or multiuser moe use a comman with the following syntax: boot slot_number/evice_name_number/unix_kernel [-a] Replace slot_number with the slot number of the controller attache to your boot evice Replace evice_name_number with the name an the number of the boot evice Replace unix_kernel with the pathname of the alternate kernel Use the -a switch to enable booting to multiuser moe For example, to boot an alternate kernel at slot 0, rive 5, to multiuser moe, you woul type the following comman: 0/rz5/vmunixnew -a 14 Booting From a TK50 Tape When oing an installation or booting the stanalone kernel for system management tasks, you may have to boot a TK50 tape After installing the TK50 boot tape, type a comman with the following syntax to etermine the evice number of the rive for your evice: cnfg slot_number For example, if the TK50 is attache to a SCSI controller at slot 5, (this is the most common configuration) you woul type the following comman: >> cnfg 5 The console subsystem isplays information that ientifies the evice number of your tape rive an various other assignments Use this information to efine the tape rive evice number when you enter the boot comman later on After isplaying ientification information, the console subsystem reissues its prompt Use a comman with the following syntax to boot your system: boot slot_number/tzevice_number Replace slot_number with the slot number of the tape controller Replace evice_number with the evice number of the SCSI tape rive from which you are booting Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors 5

6 For example, to boot a SCSI tape (tz) at slot 5, rive 5 to single-user moe, you woul type the following comman: 5/tz5 15 Booting From a CDROM Optical Disc Kit If your CDROM optical isc is not alreay in its cay, follow the instructions in the harware manual for inserting the optical isc into the cay Follow this proceure to boot the system: Loa the CDROM optical isc into the rive Wait for the rive to be on line an reay Use a comman with the following syntax to etermine the evice number of the rive for your evice: cnfg slot_number For example, if the CDROM is attache to a SCSI controller at slot 5, (this is the most common configuration) you woul type the following comman: >> cnfg 5 A isplay appears that shows what is assigne to each evice number on your system Use a comman with the following syntax to boot your system: boot slot_number/rzevice_number/vmunix [-a] Replace slot-number with the slot number of the CDROM controller Replace evice-number with the evice number of your RRD40 optical isc rive Use the -a switch to enable booting to multiuser moe For example, to boot the system to multiuser moe from RRD40 optical isc rive number 4 on slot number 1, you woul type the following comman: 1/rz4/vmunix -a 16 Booting From the Network You boot from the network when you are: Booting a iskless system Initiating an installation from a remote server Booting a stanalone kernel from a remote server, in orer to perform system management tasks To boot the system from the network, use a comman with the following syntax: boot slot_number/mop [-a] Replace slot_number with the slot number of the network controller Use the -a switch to enable booting to multiuser moe For example, to boot from the network to multiuser moe on slot number 6, you woul type the following comman: 6/mop -a 17 Booting During the Installation This section explains how to boot your system from the system isk or, if you are a iskless client, from the kernel resiing on the iskless server uring the installation of your ULTRIX operating system During the installation, the bootstrap comman sequence is isplaye an you are aske to type this comman sequence in orer to boot your system from the system isk to continue the installation or, if you are a iskless client, from the kernel resiing on the iskless server Because of changes mae to the firmware to enhance support for the TURBOchannel, both the syntax of the bootstrap comman sequence an the slot number that is isplaye are incorrect 6 Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors

7 Therefore, these instructions explain how to etermine the correct slot number for your system configuration so that you can type the correct bootstrap comman sequence an continue the installation 171 Installing as a Stanalone Machine During the installation, after the system loas the kernel image into main memory an finishes configuring, a bootstrap comman sequence like the following is isplaye: *** BOOTSTRAP COMMAND SEQUENCE *** Issue the following console commans to set your efault bootpath variable an to boot your system isk: >> setenv bootpath rz(0,0,0)vmunix The system name assigne to your processor is calypso This bootstrap comman sequence is incorrect To etermine the correct bootstrap comman sequence, you will nee to note the controller number an the evice number that are isplaye; the controller number enables you to etermine the correct slot number of the controller that is attahce to your isk an you will use the evice number exactly as it is isplaye to reboot your system The controller number an the evice number in the preceing example are ientifie for you in the following figure: Figure 1: Bootstrap Comman Sequence: Stanalone >> setenv bootpath rz(0,0,0)vmunix Controller number Device number Write own both the controller number an the evice number isplaye by the bootstrap comman sequence You will nee them later on 1711 Controller Number Is 0 If the bootstrap comman sequence that isplays on your system console contains a controller number of 0, then the correct slot number is 5 This is the most common configuration Type the following bootstrap comman sequence to reboot your system when the incorrect bootstrap comman sequence appears on your console: >> setenv boot "5/rz0/vmunix -a" The system will reboot an your installation will continue Please refer to the section on the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series in the Basic Installation Guie an the Avance Installation Guie to complete the installation 1712 Controller Number Is Greater Than 0 If the bootstrap comman sequence that isplays on your system console contains a controller number greater than 0, then you have more than one SCSI controller configure on your system an you have chosen to boot from a system isk connecte to a SCSI controller other than the efault SCSI controller To etermine the slot number of the SCSI controller of the system isk, follow these steps: Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors 7

8 1 When the system prompts you to type the bootstrap comman sequence, type the following comman at the console instea: >> cnfg The cnfg comman will isplay the options present on the system, as follows: 7:KN0Z-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (16 MB) 6:PMAD-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (enet:08) 5:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 2:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 1:PMAG-AA DEC T30a TCF0 (PXG--D=24) The first column isplays slot numbers Please note the slot numbers for SCSI options All SCSI options will be ientifie by the letters "SCSI" in the fifth column In the above example, the SCSI controller slot numbers that correspon to the SCSI options are 5 an 2 2 Since your system isk is on a SCSI controller with a controller number greater than 0 (0 is the efault controller number for the boot evice), you can isregar slot number 5 Slot number 5 always correspons to the efault SCSI controller Of all the SCSI controllers that you have configure on your system, the lowest corresponing SCSI slot number isplaye by the cnfg comman, excluing slot number 5, will correspon to SCSI controller 1 The next highest SCSI slot number will correspon to SCSI controller number 2, an so forth In the above example, the system isk is attache to SCSI controller 1 at slot number 2 The evice number, ientifie in Figure 1, is 0 3 You woul therefore type the following bootstrap comman sequence to reboot your system uring the installation: >> setenv boot "2/rz0/vmunix -a" The syntax for this comman sequence is as follows: setenv boot "slot_number/rzevice_number/vmunix -a" boot After you type the correct bootstrap comman sequence, the system will reboot an your installation will continue Please refer to the section on the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series in the Basic Installation Guie an the Avance Installation Guie to complete the installation 172 Installing as a Diskless Client During the installation, after the system loas the kernel image into main memory an finishes configuring, a bootstrap comman sequence like the following is isplaye: *** BOOTSTRAP COMMAND SEQUENCE *** After the system halts, type the following commans to set the efault bootpath to the network an reboot >> setenv bootpath mop(0) The system name assigne to your processor is saturn This bootstrap comman sequence is incorrect To etermine the correct bootstrap comman sequence, you will nee to note the controller number that is isplaye; the controller number enables you to etermine the correct slot 8 Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors

9 number of the network controller you will use to reboot your system The controller number in the preceing example is ientifie for you in the following figure: Figure 2: Bootstrap Comman Sequence: Diskless >> setenv bootpath mop(0) Controller number 1721 Controller Number Is 0 If the bootstrap comman sequence that isplays on your system console contains a controller number of 0, then the correct slot number is 6 This is the most common configuration Type the following bootstrap comman sequence to reboot your system when the incorrect bootstrap comman sequence appears on your console: >> setenv boot "6/mop -a" The system will reboot an your installation will continue Please refer to the section on the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series in the Basic Installation Guie an the Avance Installation Guie to complete the installation 1722 Controller Number Is Greater Than 0 If the bootstrap comman sequence that isplays on your system console contains a controller number greater than 0, then the iskless server has more than one network controller configure on its system an you are booting from a network controller other than the efault network controller To etermine the slot number of the network controller from which you are booting follow these steps: 1 When the system prompts you to type the bootstrap comman sequence, type the following comman at the console instea: >> cnfg The cnfg comman will isplay the options present on the system, as follows: 7:KN0Z-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (16 MB) 6:PMAD-AA DEC V53a TCF0 (enet:08) 5:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 2:PMAZ-AA DEC v53a TCF0 (SCSI=7) 1:PMAD-AA DEC T30a TCF0 (enet:08) The first column isplays slot numbers Please note the slot numbers for network options All network options will be ientifie by the letters "enet" in the fifth column In the above example, the slot numbers that correspon to the network controllers are 6 an 1 2 Since you are to boot from a network controller that has a controller number greater than 0 (0 is the efault controller number for boot evices), you can isregar slot number 6 Slot number 6 always correspons to the efault network controller Of all the network controllers that your iskless server has configure on its system, the lowest corresponing network slot number isplaye by the cnfg comman, excluing slot number 6, will correspon to network controller 1 The next highest network slot number will correspon to network controller number 2, an so forth In the above example, you woul be booting from network controller 1 at slot number 1 3 You woul therefore type the following bootstrap comman sequence to reboot your system uring the installation: Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors 9

10 >> setenv boot "1/mop -a" The syntax for this comman sequence is as follows: setenv boot "slot_number/mop -a" boot After you type the correct bootstrap comman sequence, the system will reboot an your installation will continue Please refer to the section on the DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 series in the Basic Installation Guie an the Avance Installation Guie to complete the installation 10 Boot Commans for DECstation/DECsystem 5000 Moel 200 Series Processors