IBM RS/6000 7025 manual MultiBoot Menu, Aix

MultiBoot Menu

à	ð
	Multiboot Menu

1.Select Software

2.Software Default

3.Install From

4.Select Boot Devices

5.OK Prompt

6.Mulitboot Startup <OFF> (or <ON>)

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X=Exit

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The

Select

Software

option,

if

supported by

the operating

system,

shows the

name

of

the operating system installed. This option may not be

supported

by

all

opera

systems.

In

the

case

of

AIX

this

is

a supported

option, if you

receive

a

message

sa

No Operating System Installed

this

would

mean

that

information

in non-volatile storage could

have

been lost,

as

would happen if the battery

had been removed. In order

to recreate

this

value

the

bootlist command under AIX with the appropriate parameters as

to

the

locati

the

operating system in a particular Hard disk. Please see the

explanation

of th

bootlist

command

in

your

AIX

documentation.

The Software Default option, if supported by the operating system, lets you sele default operating system to start the system. This option may not be supported b all operating systems.

The Install From	option produces a	list	of	devices, for example the			CD-ROM, where
the operating system is installed from.			You select one of the devices and the
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.

The Select Boot Device option provides a list of devices that can be selected stored on the boot list. Up to 5 devices are supported.

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