[Info-vax] storing boot flags in the console

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <menbks$4aj$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > I've just upgraded a system disk from 7.3-2 to 8.4 (finally!) and just 
> > noticed something.  I specified the appropriate flags to boot into a 
> > non-zero system root.  However, I'm sure that, in the past, I just typed 
> > "BOOT" at the console prompt and it booted into the intended non-zero 
> > system root.  Are the boot flags stored in the console and used until 
> > overridden?
> 
> I'm not using 8.4, but I doubt there will be any differences.
> 
> On Alpha from the SRM prompt many things can be seen and set.  What 
> you're looking for is the default boot device.  I'm not sure of the 
> exact name, anc won't take my system down to check.  At the SRM prompt 
> just type (I believe) SHOW

Not BOOTDEF_DEV, but rather the flags.