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Tostart the SunPCi III software with a specific card, type the following command:
Where cardname is one card’s name returned by the system, for example, Card1 or
Card2.
Starting Specific Disk Image Files
When you want to use the SunPCi software with different operating systems on
different disk images, you can create additional C: drive image filesfor as many
operating systems as you need to run. Toinstall the operating system, refer to the
appropriate chapter in this guide.
When you want to run a different operating system, close the operating system you
are using and exit from SunPCi. Start the disk image you need using the sunpci
command with the -p option.

How to Start a Specific Image and a Specific

Card

By starting a specific image and a specific card, you can link an image and a cardto
ensure that a particular image is executing on a specific card.
Note – Youcan only run one operating system at a time per card.
Tostart SunPCi software with a specific file and a specificcard using the -p
and -c options, type the following command:
The SunPCi III software starts, using the referenced disk image and card.
If you start an image with a card on which it was not created, you get a warning
dialog box about the Ethernet (MAC) address, see “How to Start a Specific .ini
File” on page 26.
% /opt/SUNWspci3/bin/sunpci -c cardname-p pathname.ini
% /opt/SUNWspci3/bin/sunpci -p pathname.ini-c cardname