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3-8 AlphaServer DS20L User’s Guide

3.2.1.4 boot_osflags

The boot_osflags environment variable sets the default boot flags.

Boot flags contain information used by the operating system to determine some
aspects of a system bootstrap. Under normal circumstances, you can use the
default boot flag settings.

To change the boot flags for the current boot only, use the flags_value argument
with the boot command.

The syntax is:

set boot_osflags flags_value

The flags_value argument is specific to the operating system.

Tru64 UNIX Systems

Tru64 UNIX systems take a single ASCII character as the flags_value
argument.

a Load operating system software from the specified boot device

(autoboot). Boot to multiuser mode.

i

Prompt for the name of a file to load and other options (boot
interactively). Boot to single-user mode.

s

Stop in single-user mode. Boots /vmunix to single-user mode and stops
at the # (root) prompt.

D Full dump; implies “ s” as well. By default, if Tru64 UNIX crashes, it

completes a partial memory dump. Specifying “D” forces a full dump at
system crash.

Example

The following setting will autoboot Tru64 UNIX to multiuser mode when you
enter the boot command.

P00>>> set boot_osflags a