IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server M80, Service Manual

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MultiBoot
Multiboot allows you to select a method for booting the system.
Multiboot
1 Select Software
2 Software Default
3 Select Install Device
4 Select Boot Devices
5 OK Prompt
6 Multiboot Startup <OFF>
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Select Software
If this option is supported by the operating system, the names of the operating system installed are shown.
This option might not be supported by all operating systems.
If you are running AIX, and you receive the following message:
No Operating System Installed
This indicates that information in nonvolatile storage could have been lost, as would happen if the battery
had been removed. To re-create this value, run the bootlist command under AIX with the appropriate
parameters. See the bootlist command in your AIX documentation.The AIX Documentation library is
available at the following Web address: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/library/. Select Technical
Publications . AIX documentation is also contained on the AIX Documentation CD. The documentation is
made accessible by loading the documentation CD onto the hard disk or by mounting the CD in the
CD-ROM drive.
Software Default
If this option is supported by the operating system, you can select the default operating system to start the
system. This option might not be supported by all operating systems.
Select Install Device
Produces a list of devices, such as the CD-ROM, from which the operating system may be installed.
Select a device, and the system searches that device for an operating system to install.
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