NAME
setboot — display and modify variables in the stable storage
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/setboot
/usr/sbin/setboot
[-p
primary_path]
[-a
alternate_path]
[-s
on|off]
[-b
on|off]
DESCRIPTION
The
setboot
command sets the appropriate variable
in the stable storage to the
setboot
arguments.
If no options are specified,
setboot
displays the current values of variables in the stable storage.
Only the superuser can write to the stable storage.
Options
The
setboot
command supports the following options:
- -p primary_path
Set the primary boot path variable to
primary_path.
- -a alternate_path
Set the alternate boot path variable to
alternate_path.
- -s on | off
Enable or disable the autosearch sequence.
- -b on | off
Enable or disable the autoboot sequence.
RETURN VALUE
The
setboot
command returns 0 upon successful completion or 1 if the command failed.
ERRORS
The following conditions cause errors:
Invalid option specified.
/dev/kepd
file not found.
Must be superuser to write to the stable storage.
Boot path not in correct format.
Stable storage read/write failure.
EXAMPLES
Set the primary path to
2/4.1.0
and enable the autoboot sequence:
WARNINGS
The
setboot
command fails under the following circumstances:
The number of writes to the stable storage exceeds the number allowed
by the architecture implementation.
The implementation does not have memory for the alternate boot path,
in which case, this variable is neither readable nor writable.
AUTHOR
setboot
was developed by HP.
FILES
- /dev/kepd
Special device file used by the
setboot
command.
SEE ALSO
Managing SwitchOver/UX Manual.
