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Base-520(G) Installation OpenBoot Firmware
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Optional Boot Parameters
Note: These options are specific to the operating system and may
differ from system to system.
[device-specifier]
The name (full path or alias) of the boot device. Typical values are
cdrom
,
disk
,
floppy
,
net
, or
tape
.
[
filename
]
The name of the program to be booted. filename is relative to the root
of the selected device. If no filename is specified, the boot command uses
the value of
boot-file NVRAM parameter. The NVRAM parameters
used for booting are described in the following section.
[-
bootoption
]
Boot option may be one of the following:
[-a] -a
prompt interactively for the device and name of the boot file.
[-h
]
-h
halt after loading the program.
[-r] -r
reconfigure Solaris device drivers after changing the hardware config-
uration.
[-v ] -v print verbose information during boot procedure.
Devices to Boot from
To explicitly boot from the internal disk using the Forth monitor enter:
To retrieve a list of all device alias definitions, type
devalias
at the
Forth Monitor command prompt. The following table lists some typical
device aliases:
ok boot disk