SPARC: Examples—Changing the Default Boot Device (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

SPARC: Examples—Changing the Default Boot Device

In this example, the default boot device is set to disk.

# init 0
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INIT: New run level: 0
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The system is down.
syncing file systems... done
Program terminated
ok setenv boot-device disk
boot-device =         disk
ok printenv boot-device
boot-device           disk                    disk
ok reset
Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #number.
Ethernet address number, Host ID: number.

Boot device: disk  File and args:
SunOS Release 5.9 Version 64-bit
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pluto console login:

In this example, the default boot device is set to the network.

# init 0
# 
INIT: New run level: 0
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The system is down.
syncing file systems... done
Program terminated
ok setenv boot-device net
boot-device =         net
ok printenv boot-device
boot-device           net                    disk
ok reset
Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #number.
Ethernet address number, Host ID: number.



Boot device: net  File and args:
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pluto console login: