D.2 auto boot from a disk – Artesyn MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual (February 2015) User Manual
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D.2
Auto Boot From a Disk
To auto boot from a floppy disk, hard disk, or CD-ROM, use the diskBoot command.
MOTLoad selects the boot device from a scan list provided as part of the command-line
arguments (if stored in mot-script-boot) or from the diskBoot’s corresponding GEV: mot-boot-
path. Refer to
for additional information on this GEV.
Note Because the building of the device tree is performed in background, it is possible to enter
a race condition between discovery of the boot device by MOTLoad and a boot request by
diskBoot
(whether manually entered or in mot-script-boot). It is advised that users precede a
diskBoot
command by waitProbe to ensure that the boot device has been discovered and
added to the device tree.
The following depicts an example of setting up an auto boot from a disk:
MOTLoad>gevEdit mot-script-boot
(Blank line terminates input.)
diskBoot
MOTLoad>
MOTLoad>gevEdit mot-boot-path
(Blank line terminates input.)
/dev/scsi0/hdisk0\1\\boot\os.bin
MOTLoad>
In the above example, MOTLoad downloads the file to the user download area by default. The
execution address offset is 0, also by default. The boot file is located on device
/dev/scsi0/hdisk0
, in partition 1, under the /boot directory, and the name of the file
isos.bin
mot-script-boot: diskBoot –f/dev/scsi0/hdisk0\1\\boot\os.bin
mot-boot-path:
In the above examples, auto boot is initiated on the next reset or power cycle of the board.