Setting And Viewing Boot-Manager Variables; Table 5 Boot Manager Variables - Nokia IP200 Series Installation Manual

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.
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
Nokia IP200 Series Security Platform Installation Guide
Table 6 for descriptions of the boot flags.
Setting and Viewing Boot-Manager Variables
Table 5 lists
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