Specifications
Field
Service
Handbook
far
SGI
opetauon
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Booting
the
System
Manual
booting
from
the
PROM Monitor
allows
you to select the
boot
device
and
the
boot
program.
This
enables you
to
boot
the system using
devices
and
programs
To
boot the system manually, use the
boot
command
in
the
Command
Monitor
and
the
following
syntax:
(
Merent
from the system
disk
drive
and
standard
boot
program.
boot
[-fa]
device(x,y,
2)
filename
[arpumenel
-P
-n
device
..
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.'
.
.-:
..
prevents
PROM
~o&tor
from
using
boot
program
specified
in
boottUe
environmental
(since
default
setting
for
bootfde
points
to
sash,
-f
option
prevents
system
from
loading
sash)
Allows
system
to
acccss
disk
drive, locate boot
program
and
loads
it into system memory,
but
does
not execute
boot
program.
Indicates
the
type
of
boot
device.
Possible
boot
devices
include:
dksc
SCSI
disk
drive
(includes
CD-ROM)
tpsc
SCSI
tape
drive (QIC)
bootp
Network
-
tpqic
VME
tape
drive
(QIC)
Specdies
controller,
device
address,
and
partition
X
Selects
the
controller
Y
Selects the
device
address
(SCSI
disks
start
at
drive
ID
1)
z
.
Selects partition
where
boot
program
is
located
Name
of
boot
6Ie
being
loaded by the
PROM
Monitor. Files
include.
sash
Standalone
shell
fx
Disk
drive
format
and
exercise utility
ide
Integrated Diagnostics Environment
Sa
table
on
next
page
for
a
list
of
bootable
files
and
bootable
devices.
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