The boot loader on DECstations is DELO. It has to be installed on the same hard disk as the kernel (this is done automatically by the installer). DELO supports different configurations which are set up in /etc/delo.conf. Each configuration has a unique name, the default setup as created by the installer is linux. After DELO has been installed, the system can be booted from hard disk by entering boot #/rzid partnr/name on the firmware prompt. # is the TurboChannel device to be booted from, on most DECstations this is 3 for the onboard controllers id is the SCSI ID of the hard disk on which DELO is installed partnr is the number of the partition on which /etc/delo.conf resides name is the name of the configuration entry in /etc/delo.conf, which is linux by default. In case /etc/delo.conf is on the first partition on the disk and the default configuration shall be booted, it is sufficient to use boot #/rzid