HP 3000 99x Family, Installation Manual

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3-60 Chapter 3
Installation
Setting Boot Parameters
II. BOOT COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS
Primary Boot from primary boot path. The primary boot path
points to the device used to boot the operating
system (usually the system disk).
Alternate Boot from alternate boot path. The alternate boot
path points to the device (typically a tape drive)
used to load the operating system from the
distribution media.
Autoboot Set autoboot flag TRUE or FALSE.If autoboot is TRUE,
the system automatically boots when powered up.
(More precisely, it loads the software on the
primary boot device.) During an autoboot, the
process pauses for 10 seconds to allow the operator
to stop the boot process.
If the autoboot flag is modified, the new setting
takes effect when the system is powered up again.
Syntax: AUTOBOOT <boolean>. For <boolean>:
TRUE = T = 1
FALSE = F = 0
Example: AUTOBOOT TRUE or B TRUE or B T
Path Change/display paths kept in Stable Storage.
Syntax: PATH[<path_type> [ <new_path> ]]
<path_type> is one of:
P = primary boot path
A = alternate boot path
C = console path
U = update path
<new_path> = a path description
Examples:
PATH Displays all paths
PATH A Displays only alternate path
PATH P 0/52.0 Changes primary path to 0/52.0