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47 you need to first boot the installation
48 program and then interact with the screen-menu program
50 The installation program actually consists of the
53 an in-memory file system of utility programs.
55 The usual procedure is to write the installation system to the
56 install media, as described earlier.
58 Booting from install media
60 The built-in console monitor understands a bunch of commands, dependent
61 on which VAX you have.
62 To just boot from a device, type
65 .Li \*[Gt]\*[Gt]\*[Gt]
67 Device naming in the console monitor differs a lot from the
76 is the controller number and
79 Many console monitors also support the
81 command, which shows available units to boot from.
83 A summary of the most common boot devices and their name:
86 first MSCP controller, unit 0.
88 first TMSCP tape controller, unit 0.
90 second SCSI bus, unit 0.
92 first Q22 bus Ethernet controller.
94 first LANCE Ethernet controller on VAXstations.
96 first SGEC Ethernet controller on VAXstations.
98 Other devices may be appropriate for your configuration.
100 Then just proceed with the program
102 The procedure that is described below can be easily adapted to VAX.
104 .\" Sad that the sysinst install instructions are so i386-specific.
105 .so ../common/sysinst