Halt, Boot, and Shutdown Procedures for OpenVMS
Alpha Systems
This appendix applies to Alpha systems only and explains how
to halt, boot, and shut down the operating system. It also includes
related information, such as setting the system for automatic booting
and using the Writeboot utility. This appendix also includes brief
troubleshooting procedures. Shutdown, halt, and boot information
specific to Integrity servers running OpenVMS I64 is included in
Setting Up, Booting, and Shutting Down HP Integrity Server Systems.
This appendix contains the following information:
Booting operations, including the
following:
Booting the operating system CD locally
and from an InfoServer system
Booting manually from the system disk
Performing a conversational (interactive) boot
Booting with minimum startup
Booting with the XDelta utility (XDELTA)
Booting from a different directory
Booting with a PMAZB or PMAZC TURBOchannel adapter
Booting over the network with an alternate TURBOchannel
adapter
Booting in an emergency
Set, Show, and Writeboot operations, including the
following: