Digital Equipment AlphaServer 2000, Owner'S Manual

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Verifying System Configuration
ARC
Environment
Variables
Table 3–2 explains the default ARC firmware environment
variables.
Table 3–2 ARC Firmware Environment Variables
Variable Description
CONSOLEIN The console input device. The default value is
multi( )key( )keyboard( )console( ).
CONSOLEOUT The console output device. The default value is
eisa( )video( )monitor( )console( ).
FWSEARCHPATH The search path used by the ARC firmware and other
programs to locate particular files. The default value
is the same as the SYSTEMPARTITION environment
variable value.
TIMEZONE The time zone in which the system is located. This
variable accepts ISO/IEC9945-1 (POSIX) standard values.
A: The default diskette drive. The default value is
eisa( )disk( )fdisk( ).
FLOPPY The capacity of the default diskette drive, either 1 (1.2
MB), 2 (1.44 MB), or 3 (2.88 MB).
FLOPPY2 The capacity of an optional second diskette drive, either N
(not installed), 1, 2, or 3.
AUTOLOAD The default startup action, either YES (boot) or NO or
undefined (remain in ARC firmware).
COUNTDOWN The default time limit in seconds before the system boots
automatically when AUTOLOAD is set to yes. The default
value is 10.
KEYBOARDTYPE The keyboard language. The default is U.S. (English).
DISABLEPCIPARITY-
CHECKING Disables parity checking on the PCI bus in order to
prevent machine check errors that can occur if the PCI
device has not properly set the parity on the bus. Also
allows peripheral devices that do not fully conform to the
PCI specification to be used without generating parity
errors. The default value is FALSE—PCI parity checking
is enabled.
3–10 Options and Upgrades