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Turning the System On
Displaying
Power-Up
Information Power-up information is typically displayed on the system’s
console terminal. The console terminal may be either a graphics
terminal or a serial terminal connected through the COM1
serial port. The setting of the console environment variable
determines where the system will display power-up output. Set
this environment variable to ‘‘graphics’’ for a graphics terminal
or to ‘‘serial’’ for a serial terminal.
Synopsis:
set console output_device
Arguments:
graphics Displays the power-up output to a graphics
terminal or device connected to the VGA module
at the rear of the system.
serial Displays the power-up output to a device
connected to the COM1 port at the rear of the
system.
Example:
P00>>> set console serial
P00>>> init
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