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Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search, Flags

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Boot Console Interface Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search Flags Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search Flags auto boot and auto search are variables stored in your workstation's nonvolatile memory. If you reset these flags to a new value, the change takes effect the next time you reboot the workstation. auto boot boots the operating system whenever your workstation is turned on. To examine the state of the auto boot and auto search flags, type the following at the prompt: Configuration Menu: Enter command > auto If auto boot is set to on, your workstation automatically attempts to boot the operating system when turned on. If auto boot is set to off, your workstation enters the boot administration mode of the boot console user interface. The state of the auto search flag determines how your workstation seeks a boot device during autoboot. If auto search is set to on, your workstation will search for other boot devices if the primary boot device is not available. If auto search is off, your workstation will default to the boot administration mode if it can't see the primary boot device. To change the state of the auto boot or auto search flags, type the following at the prompt: Config Menu: Enter command> auto boot state or Config Menu: Enter command> auto search state where state is on or off. 203

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Boot Console Interface
Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search Flags
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Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search
Flags
auto boot
and
auto search
are variables stored in your
workstation’s nonvolatile memory. If you reset these
flags to a new value, the change takes effect the next
time you reboot the workstation.
auto boot
boots the operating system whenever your
workstation is turned on.
To examine the state of the
auto boot
and
auto search
flags, type the following at the prompt:
Configuration Menu: Enter command >
auto
If
auto boot
is set to
on
, your workstation automati-
cally attempts to boot the operating system when
turned on. If
auto boot
is set to
off
, your workstation
enters the boot administration mode of the boot con-
sole user interface.
The state of the
auto search
flag determines how your
workstation seeks a boot device during autoboot. If
auto search
is set to
on
, your workstation will search
for other boot devices if the primary boot device is not
available. If
auto search
is
off
, your workstation will
default to the boot administration mode if it can’t see
the primary boot device.
To change the state of the
auto boot
or
auto search
flags, type the following at the prompt:
Config Menu: Enter command>
auto boot
state
or
Config Menu: Enter command>
auto search
state
where
state
is
on
or
off
.