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-l Displays the system’s installed and recognizedSunPCi cards. The switch
returnsthe Card Name, for example Card1; the device file name in the
/dev directory,for example /dev/sunpci2drv0; the card’sType and
Description; and the card’s standardMAC address, for example ID =
08:00:20:F9:5F:2C.See “How to Identify Card Names” on page 25 for
a complete listing of the output format.
-n Stops the verificationof card and disk image combination, and stops the
display of the warning dialog box, if you start animage with a card on
whichthe image was not created. See “How to Create an .ini File Using
the -n Option” on page24 for the full text of the warning. If you wish to
rebindthe image and current card, see the -B option. Formerly -nomac.
-n filename.ini Createsa new filename.ini file and a new disk image name incorporating
the filename. The command brings up the SunPCi III Disk Create menu
GUI, with the default disk name already createdas
$HOME/pc/C.filename.diskimage.If the file already exists the sunpci
command aborts, and no file name is created.Formerly -new.
-p filename.ini StartsSunPCi III software with the configuration information in the
propertiesfile specified with filename. The default properties file for
SunPCi III is $HOME/pc/SunPC.ini.
-R Forcesthe CMOS to be reloaded in the current disk.image file, similar to
clearing the CMOS on a PC motherboard.This command is used when
the BIOS setup optionhas changed, if SunPCi does not boot, or to restore
SunPCi default settings. After using this command, a message displays
confirmingthe CMOS has been updated.
-title Textstring Writesthe title argument into the title bar of the SunPCi III window when
theargument Text string is a quoted character string including spaces. The
quotes are unnecessary if the character string contains no spaces.
-v Directsvideo to the external video connector. Refer to FIGURE 10-1 to find
the location of the video port. For information abouthow to set this for
your monitor,consult the applicable operating system chapter for more
information. Formerly -vga.
-w [time]Causes SunPCi III software to retryfailed X server connections, either
indefinitely(if no time argument follows -w), or for time seconds. If time is
specifiedand SunPCi III software has not successfully connected to an X
server after time seconds, SunPCi III software exits. Formerly -xwait.
TABLE11-1 SunPCi III Command-Line Options (Continued)
Option Purpose