CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Console Subsystem

  1.1     Console Terminal

  1.2     Control Panel
    1.2.1      Switches
    1.2.2      Indicator Lights
    1.2.3      Restart Push Button

  1.3     Console Dual-Diskette Drive
    1.3.1      Inserting or Removing a Floppy Diskette

  1.4     Console Command Language

  2      Installing the VMS Operating System

  2.1     Before Installing VMS
    2.1.1      Specifying Device Names
    2.1.2      Turning On the System

  2.2     Booting Standalone BACKUP
    2.2.1      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Local or HSC Tape Drive
    2.2.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Local RA60 Disk Drive
    2.2.3      Booting Standalone BACKUP from an HSC Disk Drive

  2.3     Booting the New System Disk
    2.3.1      Local System Boot
    2.3.2      HSC System Boot

  3      Startup and Shutdown Procedures

  3.1     Booting the System
    3.1.1      Boot Command Procedures
    3.1.2      The BOOT58 Program
    3.1.3      Booting from a Local Drive
      3.1.3.1      Automatic Boot
      3.1.3.2      Manual Boot
      3.1.3.3      Creating Auxiliary Boot Command Procedures
      3.1.3.4      Using Auxiliary Boot Command Procedures
      3.1.3.5      Writing a New Boot Block on a Local System Disk
    3.1.4      Booting from an HSC Drive
      3.1.4.1      Using the BOOT58 Program
      3.1.4.2      Creating Default Boot Command Procedures
      3.1.4.3      Booting with DEFBOO.CMD
      3.1.4.4      Booting with DEFBOO.GEN
    3.1.5      Conversational Boot
      3.1.5.1      Local Drive
      3.1.5.2      HSC Drive
    3.1.6      Booting from a Different Directory on the System Disk
    3.1.7      Booting from SYSF During an Upgrade
    3.1.8      Booting with XDELTA
    3.1.9      If the System Does Not Boot

  3.2     Shutting Down the System
    3.2.1      Orderly Shutdown with SHUTDOWN.COM
    3.2.2      Emergency Shutdown with OPCCRASH.EXE
    3.2.3      Emergency Shutdown with CRASH Commands

  4      Backup Procedures

  4.1     Using Standalone BACKUP
    4.1.1      Installing Standalone BACKUP on the System Disk
    4.1.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the System Disk
    4.1.3      Installing Standalone BACKUP on Floppy Diskettes
    4.1.4      Booting Standalone BACKUP from Floppy Diskettes

  4.2     Backing Up the System Disk

  4.3     Restoring the System Disk

  4.4     Backing Up the Console RX50

  A   Configuring Serial Lines on the VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 Computer

  Glossary

  EXAMPLES

  3-1        Running CRASH on a VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 System

  FIGURES

  1-1        VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 Control Panel

  1-2        Inserting a Diskette into CSA2

  TABLES

  1-1        VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 Upper Keylock Switch Settings

  1-2        VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 Lower Keylock Switch Settings

  1-3        Indicator Lights

  1-4        Restart Push Button Functions

  1-5        Most Commonly Used Console Mode Commands

  2-1        Device Names and Boot Names for VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350 Systems

  3-1        BOOT58 Commands

  3-2        SYSGEN Commands Used in SYSBOOT