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

Example 2-9 Enabling the Autoboot Flag Using setboot
/usr/sbin/setboot -b on
Example 2-10 Disabling the Autoboot Flag Using setboot
/usr/sbin/setboot -b off
Example 2-11 Enabling the Autosearch Flag Using setboot
/usr/sbin/setboot -s on
Example 2-12 Disabling the Autosearch Flag Using setboot
/usr/sbin/setboot -s off
Changing the PRI, HAA, and ALT Boot Paths
HP 9000 systems allow you to define a primary boot path and an alternate boot path,
and in many cases a high-availability alternate boot path.
The primary boot path allows autoboot to work properly, and all three definitions
allow you to easily refer to the corresponding hardware paths when you need to (for
example, in the Boot Console Handler you can use the command “boot alt” to boot
from the hardware device associated with the ALT boot path).
You can manage the boot paths using the setboot command when HP-UX is running,
or by using the Boot Console Handler interface in a pre-boot environment.
Setting the PRI, HAA, and ALT Boot Paths using the HP-UX setboot command: When
you use setboot to configure the primary (PRI), high-availability alternate (HAA), or
alternate (ALT) boot paths, the new device path that you specify replaces the original
boot option setting.
62 Booting and Shutdown