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Using the Boot Manager
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parameters on the hard disk drive. You can set these values by using boot
manager commands.
This chapter describes the boot manager commands.
Variables
A number of variables are stored by the boot manager in nonvolatile memory.
You can set and view most variables from the boot manager prompt.
Table 8
lists the boot manager variables.
Table 8 Boot Manager Variables
Variable Description
boot manager
revision Version number of the boot manager. This variable cannot be set
from the command line.
autoboot If autoboot is set to no , the IP1200 Series stops at the boot
manager command line during the boot process.
If autoboot is set to yes , the IP1200 Series does not stop at the
boot manager command line during a boot up. It does wait for
the amount of time specified in bootwait for input from the
keyboard. If input is received, the boot manager goes to the
command line; otherwise, it proceeds with the boot up.
Default is yes.
bootwait Amount of time, in seconds, that the boot manager waits for
input during a boot up when autoboot is set to
yes .
Default is three seconds.
boot-file Name of the operating system kernel file.
Default is /image/current/kernel.
boot-flags String of flags passed to the kernel.
Default is -x.
boot-device Device from which the boot-file loads.
Default is wd0.