HP unix manual Displaying and Setting Paths, System Paths, Mnemonic Style Notation for Boot Paths

Boot Console Handler

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 the system. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 6-1.

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

Table 6-1. System Paths

Path Type	Device
primary or pri	Default boot device (usually the root disk)
alternate or alt	Alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)
console or con	Primary display device
keyboard or key	Primary input ASCII device

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

Main Menu: Enter command> path

The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 6-2.

Table 6-2. Mnemonic Style Notation for Boot Paths

I/O Type	Specification Format
Built-in LVD SCSI	scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Plug-in device	pcin.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in LAN	lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
Built-in IDE	ide

To display the current setting for a particular system path, follow the directions in

“Accessing the Boot Console Handler” earlier in this chapter, and then type the following at the prompt and press Enter:

Main Menu: Enter command> path path_type

where path_type is one of the path types listed in Table 6-1.

For example, to get the path to the primary boot device, follow the directions in “Accessing the Boot Console Handler” earlier in this chapter, and then type the following at the prompt and press Enter:

Main Menu: Enter command> path primary

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