Chapter 4 109
Boot Console Handler
Displaying and Setting Paths
Displaying and Setting Paths
A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of a
workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 4-1.
The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified device attached
to the I/O bus of the workstation.
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path [Enter]
The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 4-2.
To display the current setting for a particular system path, follow the directions in the
section “Accessing the Boot Console Handler” found in this chapter, and type the following
at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path path_type [Enter]
where
path_type
is one of the path types listed in Table 4-1.
For example, to get the path to the primary boot device, follow the directions in the section
“Accessing the Boot Console Handler” found in this chapter, and type the following at the
prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path primary [Enter]
Table 4-1. System Paths
Path Type Device
primary or pri The workstation’s default boot device (usually the root disk)
alternate or alt The workstation’s alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)
console or con The workstation’s primary display device
keyboard or key The workstation’s primary ASCII input device
Table 4-2. Mnemonic Style Notation
I/O Type Specification Format
Internal LVD SCSI fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in LAN lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
Optional SCSI pci
n
.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in IDE IDE
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