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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 24.
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 a command or a menu > path
The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 25.
Table 24 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
Table 25 Mnemonic Style Notation
I/O Type Specification Format
Built-in FWSCSI core.fwsci.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in SCSI core.scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in LAN core.lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout