Setting and Viewing Boot-Manager Variables
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Setting and Viewing Boot-Manager Variables
The boot manager stores a number of variables in nonvolatile memory. You
can set and view most variables from the boot manager prompt.
Table 5
lists
the boot-manager variables that you can set.
Note
Nokia recommends that you do not modify any of the default values for
boot manager variables.
Table 5 Boot Manager Variables
Variable
Description
autoboot
Determines whether the boot process stops at the boot manager command line during
a boot up.
If set to
yes
, the boot process waits for the amount of time specified by the bootwait
variable for input from the keyboard. If input is received, the boot manager goes to the
boot manager command line; otherwise, it proceeds with the boot up.
If set to no, the boot process stops at the boot manager command line during a boot up.
Default:
yes
boot-device
Device from which the operating system kernel file loads.
Default:
wd0
boot-file
Name of the operating system kernel file.
Default:
/image/current/kernel.
boot-flags
String of flags passed to the kernel. There is no default setting.
See
Table 6
for descriptions of the boot flags.
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