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boot

Load operating system.
Syntax

boot [ device-alias ] [ boot-args ]

Description

This commands boots the specified device-alias passing any optional boot-args to the kernel.

For a complete list of device aliases, see the devalias command.

Example

The following example demonstrates the output of the boot command on CHARON-SSP/L10 configured as a SPARCstation 20 and booting SunOS 4.1.4 from CD-ROM.

Example boot Command Output

ok boot cdrom
boot cdrom
Boot device: /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d    File and args: -v
Boot Release 4.1.4 (sun4m) #2: Fri Oct 14 11:07:52 PDT 1994
Copyright (c) 1983-1990, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Boot: Romvec version 3.
root on /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d fstype 4.2
Boot: vmunix
.Size: 868352.........................................................................................
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.......................................................................................+2319136+75288 bytes
Statistics:
SuperSPARC: PAC ENABLED
SunOS Release 4.1.4 (MUNIX) #2: Fri Oct 14 11:09:07 PDT 1994
Copyright (c) 1983-1993, Sun Microsystems, Inc.



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