Question on booting PDP-11/44 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Aug 1999

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 Am I correct in assuming that when a PDP-11/44 finds
that it has more than
one controller in it that it can boot off of, that it drops you into the
monitor, so  you can select the device you wish to boot from? 
I think that you're asking "Does the 11/44 have a sniffer boot?"  The
answer to that is no.  The boot device (or "boot to console") is
selected by DIP switches near the actual physical boot ROM's
on the M7098.  See

  http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardwar…

specifically, the file "1144.boot.roms", for very detailed information
on identifying the boot ROM's present and how to set the DIP switches
to select the appropriate one.

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