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The Boot Console Interface

Searching for Bootable Media

Searching for Bootable Media

The initial search conducted by the boot console handler locates devices that
might contain bootable media.

Unless configured otherwise in the boot console handler, the ISL (Initial
System Loader) automatically searches for bootable media.

Follow these steps to change to interactive use of the ISL:

1 From the Main Menu, enter the following to select

Boot from a De-

vice

:

1 Enter

2 From the

Boot From a Device

menu, enter the following to select

Effective ISL Mode

.

33 Enter

In automatic mode, ISL searches all types of I/O devices in the default or-
der for the operating mode (Test, OEM, or User), or in another order if
you have so specified in the BOOT FROM DEVICE menu.

3 From the

Boot From Device

menu, enter the following to update the

list of devices (re-search for devices). Any newly connected devices will
be listed.

66 Enter

To back out of this action and return to the previous menu, type the fol-
lowing:

0 Enter

4 To return to the automatic boot process (with any new configurations in

the list), enter:

77 Enter