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Boot Console User Interface Features, Display and Set the VME Chassis Codes Mode flag

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The Boot Console Interface Boot Console User Interface Features Boot Console User Interface Features There are times when you want to interact directly with the hardware of your single board computer before it boots the operating system. Your 744 system provides a menu-driven boot console interface that allows you to perform special tasks, display information, and set certain system parameters, even if the operating system is unavailable. Here are some of the things you can do: • Boot your workstation • Search for bootable media • Reset your workstation • Display and set boot paths • Display and set your monitor type • Display memory configuration information • Display the status of the EISA slots • Set Auto Boot and Auto Search • Set Fastboot • Display LAN information • Display system information • Display PIM information • Display and Set VME backplane networking • Display and Set VME backplane boot ROM • Display and Set the VME Chassis Codes Mode flag • Restore the factory default VME configuration in the EEPROM A-2

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The Boot Console Interface
Boot Console User Interface Features
Boot Console User Interface Features
There are times when you want to interact directly with the hardware of your
single board computer
before
it boots the operating system. Your 744 sys-
tem provides a menu-driven
boot console interface
that allows you to per-
form special tasks, display information, and set certain system parameters,
even if the operating system is unavailable.
Here are some of the things you can do:
•
Boot your workstation
•
Search for bootable media
•
Reset your workstation
•
Display and set boot paths
•
Display and set your monitor type
•
Display memory configuration information
•
Display the status of the EISA slots
•
Set Auto Boot and Auto Search
•
Set Fastboot
•
Display LAN information
•
Display system information
•
Display PIM information
•
Display and Set VME backplane networking
•
Display and Set VME backplane boot ROM
•
Display and Set the VME Chassis Codes Mode flag
•
Restore the factory default VME configuration in the EEPROM