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The Boot Console Interface
Displaying and Setting Paths
Displaying and Setting Paths
A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system
of your workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in
Table 30.
The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified
device attached to the I/O bus of your workstation.
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the
prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path
Table 30 System Paths
Path Type Device
primary or pri Your workstation’s default boot device (usually the root disk)
alternate or alt
Your workstation’s alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format
tape device)
console or con Your workstation’s primary display device
keyboard or key Your workstation’s primary ASCII input device