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A.6 Booting the Operating System
The boot command is used to boot the operating system. The boot
command initializes the processor, loads a program image from the
specified boot device, and transfers control to that image.
Syntax: boot [-file filename] [-flags [value]] [-halt]
[-protocols enet_protocol] [boot_dev]
-file filename
The boot file.
-flags [value]
Specifies additional information to the loaded image or
operating system. In Tru64 UNIX it specifies boot flags.
This qualifier overrides the setting of the boot_osflags
environment variable. See the boot_osflags
environment variable for a list of settings and their
meanings.
-halt
Forces the bootstrap operation to halt and invoke the
console program once the bootstrap image is loaded and
page tables and other data structures are set up. Console
device drivers are not shut down. Transfer control to the
image by entering the continue command.
-protocols
enet_protocol
This qualifier overrides the setting of the
ew*0_protocols environment variable.
boot_dev
A device path or list of devices from which the console
program attempts to boot, or a saved boot specification
in the form of an environment variable. This qualifier
overrides the setting of the bootdef_dev environment
variable. Use the bootdef_dev environment variable to
define the default boot device string.