IBM RS/6000 44P manual Select Boot Device, 96 44P Series Model 170 Users Guide

If you are running on AIX and you receive the following message:

No Operating System Installed

this indicates that information in nonvolatile storage could have been lost, as would happen if the battery had been removed. To re-create this value, run the bootlist command under AIX with the appropriate parameters as to the location of the operating system in a particular hard disk. See the bootlist command in your AIX documentation.

Software Default: If supported by the operating system, lets you select the default operating system to start the system. This option may not be supported by all operating systems.

Select Install Device: Produces a list of devices, for example the CD-ROM, from which the operating system is installed. Select a device and the system searches the device for an operating system to install and if supported by the operating system in that device, the name of the operating system displays.

Boot Device: Provides a list of devices that can be selected to be stored on the boot list. Up to five devices are supported.

OK Prompt: Provides access to the Open Firmware command prompt.

Multiboot Startup: Toggles between OFF and ON and selects whether the Multiboot menu invokes automatically on startup.

Select Boot Device

Select this option to view and change the custom boot list, which is the sequence of devices read at startup time.

Select Boot Devices

1 Display Current Settings

2 Restore Default Settings

3 Configure 1st Boot Device

4 Configure 2nd Boot Device

5 Configure 3rd Boot Device

6 Configure 4th Boot Device

7 Configure 5th Boot Device

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Display Current Settings: Lists the current order of devices in the boot list. The following screen shows an example of this display.

9644P Series Model 170 User's Guide