Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions
Description
The boot command initializes the processor, loads a program image from the specified boot device, and transfers control to that image. If you do not specify a boot device in the command line, the default boot device is used. The default boot device is determined by the value of the bootdef_dev environment variable.
If you specify a list of devices, a bootstrap is attempted from each device in the order in which the device is listed. Then control passes to the first successfully booted image. In a list, always enter network devices last because network bootstraps terminate only if a fatal error occurs or if an image is successfully loaded.
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Explicitly stating the boot flags or the boot device overrides the current default value for the current boot request, but does not change the corresponding environment variable.
See the Environment Variables for Alpha SRM Console Commands section in this chapter for more information about environment variables.