Init,
Installboot,
Savecore,
Setnetbootinfo,
Shutdown,
Boot_config,
Ddb,
Halt,
Reboot,
Boot,
Boot-Alpha BOOT_ALPHA(8) - System Manager’s Manual (alpha) # BOOT_ALPHA(8) - System Manager’s Manual (alpha)
NAME # boot_alpha - Alpha system bootstrapping procedures
DESCRIPTION # Cold starts # When powered on, the SRM firmware will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if the auto_action variable is set to “boot” or “restart”, or will wait for interactive commands if set to “halt”.
Warm starts # After a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the SRM console will only restart the system if the auto_action variable is set to “boot”.
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SETNETBOOTINFO(8) - System Manager’s Manual (alpha) # SETNETBOOTINFO(8) - System Manager’s Manual (alpha)
NAME # setnetbootinfo - configure network bootstrap program
SYNOPSIS # setnetbootinfo [-vf] [-o infile] [-a ether-address | -h ether-host] netboot
setnetbootinfo [-v] -u -o outfile infile
DESCRIPTION # The setnetbootinfo utility configures the OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program so that it can be used to bootstrap systems with old firmware revisions.
The OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program needs to have the Ethernet address of the interface being used to boot the system available when querying other hosts on the network for bootstrapping information.
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