BOOT_ADMIN>

Displaying and Setting Paths

A path is the hardw are address of a device that is attached to the I/O

system of your system. The path command can set an y of the paths sho wn in Table B-1.

 

Table B-1. System Paths

 

 

Path Type

Device

 

 

primary or pri Your system's default boot device (usually the root disk)

alternate or alt Your system's alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)

console or con Your system's primary displa y device keyboard or key Your system's primary ASCII input device

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

path 4Return5

The paths are displa yed in Mnemonic Style Notation as sho wn in Table B-2.

Table B-2. Mnemonic Style Notation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/O Type

 

 

 

 

 

Speci￿cation Format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Built-in SCSI

scsi. scsi

 

address.logical

 

 

unit

 

number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Built-in LAN

lan.server

 

address.init

 

time out.io

 

timeout

 

 

 

 

 

RS-232 Port A

rs232_a. baud

 

rate.word

 

 

length.parity

 

option

B

 

 

 

 

RS-232 Port B

rs232_b. baud

 

rate.word

 

 

length.parity

 

option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VME backplane network

bpn.server

 

address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To display the current setting for a particular system path, t ype the following at the BOOT_ADMIN> prompt:

Using the Boot ROM B-9

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