Boot; Parameters/Qualifiers For The Boot Command - Digital Equipment 300 Series AXP Reference Manual

BOOT

BOOT
Loads and The
Starts program, which loads and starts the operating system. There is
Operating
an 80-character limit on the input line, and there is no command
System line wrap feature.
Format
Issue the
>>> b[oot] [-fl value ][-fi filename ]["slot_number/device_name"][-ns]
Parameters and The
Qualifiers described in Table 4–2.
Table 4–2 Parameters/Qualifiers for the
Parameter/Qualifier
-fl
-fi
boot_device_name
4–8
command initializes the system and starts the boot
boot
command with the following syntax:
boot
command, and its parameters and qualifiers, are
boot
Description
value The
up to 23 characters. The string value
must be enclosed in quotation marks if it
is to be passed to the operating system
unmodified.
filename A filename of up to 23 characters, used to
specify the name of a file to load into the
system when booting across a network
device.
A device name (such as dka300, rz3a
or a list of devices), from which the
system attempts to boot, or a saved
boot specification in the form of an
environment variable. One or more
default boot devices may be specified with
the
set boot
Return
boot Command
boot flag is an ASCII string of
-fl
command.
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