How do I boot an AlphaStation without monitor or keyboard?
The AlphaStation series will boot without a keyboard attached. To use a serial terminal as the console, issue the SRM console command SET CONSOLE SERIAL followed by the console INIT command. Once this SRM command sequence has been invoked and the CONSOLE environment variable is set to SERIAL, the Alpha system will use the serial terminal. (Set the environment variable to GRAPHICS to select the console display output via the graphics display.) The DEC 3000 series has a jumper on the motherboard for this purpose. Various older Alpha workstations generally will not (automatically) bootstrap without a keyboard connected, due to the self-test failure that arises when the (missing) keyboard test fails.
