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Note
cannot be used as a device designator for boot administration commands
P*
because it is ambiguous. To refer to a device labeled P* in a search, specify it
by means of its entry in the Device Path column.
To search to see which devices of just one type actually contain bootable
media, type the following at the
device type
search
device type is one of the following:
where
is the built-in SCSI bus.
scsi
is all connections to the built-in LAN.
lan
is VME backplane networking.
bpn
is the cards on the EISA bus.
eisa
You may also search for bootable media from the main menu of the Boot
Console User Interface by using a command in
s
4
5
Return
device type
s
device type is the type of device (
where
search.
Redisplaying the Results of a Search
The list of bootable devices is stored until you conduct another search or you
reboot your system. To see the list of devices again, type the following at the
prompt:
BOOT_ADMIN>
show
4
Return
It is much faster to redisplay the list with show than it is to conduct the search
again.
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Using the Boot ROM
If the search discovers ten devices, the label in the Device
Selection column for the tenth entry is labeled
subsequent entries are labeled
BOOT_ADMIN>
4
5
Return
4
5
Return
5
.
P*
prompt:
one of the following forms :
or
) for which you wish to
scsi
lan
. Any
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