Configuring Your System
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Boot Command Examples
Table 3–4 shows boot command examples and their descriptions.
Table 3–4: Boot Command Examples
Command Description
>>>boot
Boots the system from the default boot
device.
>>>boot ewa0
Boots the system from Ethernet port ewa0.
If you are booting over a network, set
ewa0
_
protocols
and
ewa0
_
inet
_
init
to
BOOTP.
>>>boot -file dec2.sys ewa0
Boots the file named dec2.sys from
Ethernet port ewa0.
>>>boot -protocol bootp ewa0
Boots using TCP/IP BOOTP protocol from
Ethernet port ewa0.
>>>boot -flags 0,1
Boots the system from the default boot
device using flag settings 0,1.
>>>boot -halt dka0
Loads the image from disk dka0, but
remains in console mode.
Setting and Showing Environment Variables
Set Command
The set command is used to set or modify the value of an environment variable.
Environment variables are used to pass configuration information between the console and
the operating system.
The syntax of the set command is:
set <envar> <value> [-default] [-integer] [-string]
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