Your System's Current Default Boot Flags; When To Set Boot Flags - DEC 4000 600 series Owner's Manual

Setting Boot Flags (boot_osflags)
Boot Flags The DEC OSF/1 AXP operating system takes only one boot flag
Settings for argument: the boot flag.
DEC OSF/1
Possible boot flag settings and their meanings for DEC OSF/1
AXP Systems
AXP systems are:
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To display your system's current default boot flags, enter the
Your System's
Current Default following:
Boot Flags
>>> show boot_osflags
The system responds with a display similar to the following:
boot_osflags
In this example, the default root setting is 1 and the boot flag
setting is 8.
If the boot_osflags environment variable is given or has been set
to only one argument, the argument designates the boot flag and
not the root number.
Under normal circumstances, the default boot flag settings will
When to Set
Boot Flags suit your environment.
If you wish to change your system's boot process, using the
possible flag settings and their meanings, set your system boot
flags according to how you want the default boot process to work.
4–12 Setting Environment Variables
Meaning
Load operating system software from the specified
boot device (autoboot). Boot to multiuser mode.
Prompt for the name of a file to load and other
options (boot interactively). Boot to single user
mode.
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