Table 6-1
Table 6-2
I/O Type
Built-in LVD SCSI
Built-in NSE SCSI
Built-in LAN
Built-in IDE
Displaying and Setting Paths
A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O
system of your computer. The path command sets the system paths
shown in Table 6-1.
The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified
device attached to the I/O bus of your computer.
System Paths
Path Type
primary or pri
alternate or alt
console or con
keyboard or key
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at
the prompt and press
Main Menu: Enter command> path
The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table
6-2.
Mnemonic Style Notation for Boot Paths
Specification Format
fwscsi. scsi_address.logical_unit_number
scsi. scsi_address.logical_unit_number
lan. server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
ide
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Device
Your computer's default boot device (usually
the root disk)
Your computer's alternate boot device (usually
a DDS-format tape device)
Your computer's primary display device
Your computer's primary input ASCII device
:
Enter
The Boot Console Interface
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