[HECnet] How to turn off SYSBOOT> prompt on rx2600

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Setting the boot flags in EFI to 0,1 gets you into sysBOOT. 
The boot flags are controlled by the console, srm on alpha amd efi on ia64. 

Setting STARTUP_P1 to "MIN" results in a minimal noot, so what STARTUP.COM does is affected. Or control at VMS level and happens in sysGEN 

So sysBOOT is not sysGEN, though both allow control over VMS parameters. But sysBOOT runs at a time when VMS is not yet running.
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From: Joe Ferraro <jferraro at gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:39:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] How to turn off SYSBOOT> prompt on rx2600

Steve,

I would agree - I don't think I was successful in simply setting EFI to 'vms_flags 0,0'. I think I was required to null STARTUP_P1 (as shown in my earlier "script" that was negated within this thread). 

Take care,
Joe

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
No.
  
It is a property of the hardware bootstrap.
  
BTW - for the "default" boot within VMS,   STARTUP_P1 should be set to the NULL string.
  
-Steve


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Subject: Re: [HECnet] How to turn off SYSBOOT> prompt on rx2600



Is there any way to do this from VMS?

Sampsa


On 23 Aug 2011, at 20:15, Joe Ferraro wrote:

I've just used the following for [no]min boot IA64... 

$! CONVERSATIONAL BOOT
$! IA64

EFI> set vms_flags 0,1   $! non-volatile
EFI> exit
$! boot the server
SYSBOOT> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0   $! don't boot min every-time
SYSBOOT> USE DEFAULT
SYSBOOT> SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"   $! use "" to revert to default
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Joe Ferraro <jferraro at gmail.com> wrote:
Sampsa,

I believe you can 

SYSBOOT> SET STARTUP_P1 ""   
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE

to clear the flags...

Joe



On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
How do I do this on an Itanium?

Sampsa




On 23 Aug 2011, at 19:58, Steve Davidson wrote:

> Sampsa,
>
> Clear the boot flags.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
> Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 14:50
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Subject: [HECnet] How to turn off SYSBOOT> prompt on rx2600
>
> I've somehow managed to make my rx2600's VMS boot give me a SYSBOOT>
> prompt every damn time.
>
> How do I turn this off?
>
> Sampsa
>
>