HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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setboot(1M) setboot(1M)
RETURN VALUE
The setboot command returns one of:
0 Successful completion
1 Failure
DIAGNOSTICS
The
setboot command returns the following error messages:
"bootpath" is not a proper bootpath
The boot path bootpath is not in correct format. See ioscan (1M) for the proper hardware path for-
mat.
cannot open /dev/kepd - message
setboot cannot open the kernel pseudo driver file
/dev/kepd. The message explains why.
cannot set autoboot/autosearch flags
The autoboot or autosearch flag could not be set.
cannot set type boot path
setboot can’t set the specified boot path. type may be primary
, HA_alternate,oralter-
nate.
error accessing boot path - message
The message explains why. For example, you may not have permission (not be superuser) to change
parameters.
error accessing firmware - message
The firmware could not be read or written. The message explains why.
Invalid Arguments Passed to the invoked PDC routine
This is an internal error.
test not found in /etc/setboot_tests file
The test you specified is not defined for your system.
The firmware of your system does not support querying or changing SELFTEST
and FASTBOOT settings except through the boot-time console interface, ie,
BCH menu. Invoked PDC routine [option] not implemented. (On PA-RISC Platform
only.)
or
The firmware of your system does not support querying or changing the
SpeedyBoot settings. (On Itanium-based Platform only.)
You have specified a SpeedyBoot option (
-t, -T,or-v) and your system does not have the firmware
to support it. Currently, Itanium-based platform does not support -t options.
Unknown error errornum encountered by setboot(1M)
An unexpected error, number errornum , was encountered while setboot was processing Speedy-
Boot parameters.
Warning: Autoboot flag must be on for autosearch flag to have effect
If the autoboot flag is off, automatic searching for a bootable system cannot occur, even if the
autosearch flag is on.
warning: invalid data in /etc/setboot_tests
The /etc/setboot_tests file contains tests that are not supported by setboot on your sys-
tem. Do not modify this file.
EXAMPLES
General
1. Set the primary path to
2/4.1.0 and enable the autoboot sequence:
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