Adding or Changing a Description Associated With a Boot Environment Name

You can associate a description with a boot environment name. The description never replaces the name. Although a boot environment name is restricted in length and characters, the description can be of any length and of any content. The description can be simple text or as complex as a gif file. You can create this description at these times:

• When you create a boot environment with the lucreate command and use the -A option

• After the boot environment has been created by using the ludesc command

For more information on using the -A option with lucreate, see To Create a Boot Environment for the First Time (Command-Line Interface). For more information on creating the description after the boot environment has been created, see the following procedures or the man page, ludesc(1M).

To Add or Change a Description for a Boot Environment Name With Text

1. Log in as superuser.

2. Type:

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n BE_name 'BE_description'

   -n BE_name 'BE_description'

   Specifies the boot environment name and the new description to be associated with the name

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   Example 34–5 Adding a Description to a Boot Environment Name With Text

   
   

   In this example, a boot environment description is added to a boot environment that is named second_disk. The description is a text file that is enclosed in single quotes.

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n second_disk 'Solaris 9 test build, January 2001.'

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To Add or Change a Description for a Boot Environment Name With a File

1. Log in as superuser.

2. Type:

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n BE_name -f file_name

   -n BE_name	Specifies the boot environment name and the new description to be associated with the name
   -f file_name	Specifies the file to be associated with a boot environment name

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   Example 34–6 Adding a Description to a Boot Environment Name With a File

   
   

   In this example, a boot environment description is added to a boot environment that is named second_disk. The description is contained in a gif file.

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n second_disk -f rose.gif

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To Determine a Boot Environment Name From a Text Description

1. Log in as superuser.

2. Type:

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -A 'BE_description'

Example 34–7 Determining a Boot Environment Name From a Description

In this example, the name of the boot environment, second_disk, is determined by using the -A option with the description.

# /usr/sbin/ludesc -A  'Solaris 9 test build, January 2001.'
second_disk

To Determine a Boot Environment Name From a Description in a File

1. Log in as superuser.

2. Type:

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -f file_name

   -f file_name

   Displays the boot environment name that is associated with the description that is located in a file

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   Example 34–8 Determining a Boot Environment Name From a Description in a File

   
   

   In this example, the name of the boot environment, second_disk, is determined by using the -f option and the name of the file that contains the description.

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -f rose.gif second_disk

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To Determine a Boot Environment Description From a Name

1. Log in as superuser.

2. Type:

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n BE_name

   -n BE_name

   Displays the description that is associated with the boot environment name

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   Example 34–9 Determining a Boot Environment Description From a Name

   
   

   In this example, the description is determined by using the -n option with the boot environment name.

   # /usr/sbin/ludesc -n second_diskSolaris 9 test build, January 2001

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