The Boot Console Interface

Displaying and Setting Paths

Displaying and Setting Paths

A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of your workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 30.

The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified device attached to the I/O bus of your workstation.

Table 30

System Paths

 

 

 

 

 

Path Type

Device

 

 

 

 

primary or pri

Your workstation’s default boot device (usually the root disk)

 

alternate or alt

Your workstation’s alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format

 

 

tape device)

 

 

 

 

console or con

Your workstation’s primary display device

 

 

 

 

keyboard or key

Your workstation’s primary ASCII input device

 

 

 

To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt:

Main Menu: Enter command > path

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