System Administration Guide

SPARC: How to Boot a System to Run Level 3 (Multiuser State)

Boot to run level 3 by using the boot command.
ok boot
The automatic boot procedure displays a series of startup messages, and brings the system to run level 3.

Verify the system boots to run level 3.

The login prompt is displayed when the boot process has finished successfully.
hostname console login:

Example--Booting a System to Run Level 3 (Multiuser State)

The following example displays the messages from booting a system to run level 3.

ok boot
Resetting ...
SPARCstation 10 (1 X 390Z50), Keyboard Present
ROM Rev. 2.14, 32 MB memory installed, Serial #number.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:1f:21:be, Host ID: number.
Rebooting with command:                                              
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0
File and args:
SunOS Release 5.6 Version [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
Copyright (c) 1983-1997, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
configuring network interfaces: le0.
Hostname: venus
The system is coming up.  Please wait.
checking ufs filesystems
/dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s7: is clean.
/dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s5: is clean.
NIS domainname is solar.com
starting rpc services: rpcbind keyserv nis_cachemgr kerbd done.
Setting netmask of le0 to 255.255.255.0
Setting default interface for multicast: add net 224.0.0.0:
gateway venus
syslog service starting.
volume management starting.
The system is ready.
venus console login: