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Booting the Board
Setting Boot Parameters
4 - 6
Example:
Testing RAM........................done
Testing Boot FLASH....CSUM 0x20A7..done
Testing PCI Bus ...................done
Testing Discovery Ethernet.........done
If POST is disabled, a value of 00
to indicate that no test results are available.
In order to set the boot parameters, enter the command setboot at the
prompt.
The following screen describes briefly the possible options and their cur-
rent setting. The defined parameters become valid after the next power-on
or when a RESET is executed.
Table 10: Setboot Options
Option
Description
Boot select
Location of the binary
image which will then be
loaded to the load
address
Auto boot
Auto boot option to boot
automatically with a
power up
Auto boot delay
Time value to delay boot
process. Auto booting
countdown can be
stopped by pressing any
user key on the serial
console line.
Load address
Address where to copy
the binary image
Boot address
Address where to exe-
cute the go command
Ethernet 1, 2 or
To select the controller
3
for autoboot
Additional tftp
Sets a higher retry value
retries
for netload
will be stored at NVRAM offset 7CF8
16
Parameter
0: Net
1: Go
2: Flash+Copy
3: ATA-IDE
0: Disable
1: Enable
0..99s
-
-
1, 2, 3
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PowerBoot
16
Required to be set
when Booting from
-
Net, Flash, ATA-IDE
Optional for all
Net, Flash, ATA-IDE
Net, Go, Flash, ATA-
IDE
Net
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PPC/CPCI-690
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