HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

The following table describes how the autoboot and autosearch flag settings affect the
boot sequence:
Table 2-1 How autoboot and autosearch Flag Settings Affect the Boot Sequence
What happensBoot Typeautosearchautoboot
The BCH interacts with the user to obtain the
bootable device path
Manual BootOFFOFF
The BCH skips the primary path and tries
alternate path. If the alternate paths are not
configured to boot or fail, the BCH interacts with
the user to select one
Boot SearchONOFF
The BCH tries the primary boot path; if it is not
bootable, the BCH interacts with the user to
obtain a bootable device path
Auto BootOFFON
The BCH tries the primary boot path; if it is not
bootable, the BCH tries next path.
Auto SearchONON
To have your computer boot itself when powered on or reset, the autoboot flag should
be enabled.
To require action by an attendant to boot the computer, the autoboot flag should be
disabled.
Setting the Value of the autoboot Flag
The values of the autoboot and auto search flags can be set or changed in several ways:
• In the pre-boot environment, you can set them from the Boot Console Handlers
configuration menu.
• From a running HP-UX system you can use the setboot command.
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