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NAME
     fltboot - set default boot parameters

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/fltboot

DESCRIPTION
     The fltboot command provides  the  supporting  routines  for
     setting or modifying the default boot parameters of the AT&T
     3B2 Computer, which are held in Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM)  in
     firmware.   The boot parameters are the default boot program
     and  the  default  boot  device.   The  fltboot  command  is
     interactive,  so  no  command  line parameters are required.
     Two prompts are displayed, one for changing the default boot
     program,  and  one  for  changing  the  default boot device.
     Pressing RETURN without entering a value  at  either  prompt
     leaves  the  current value unchanged.  The default boot pro-
     gram name appears within brackets in the following  firmware
     prompt:
          Enter name of program to execute [  ]:
     As delivered, the default boot program name is NULL, as evi-
     denced  by  the  empty  brackets  above  (i.e.,  there is no
     default in  the  delivered  system,  a  file  name  must  be
     entered).   The  default boot device appears within brackets
     in the following firmware prompt:
          Enter Load Device Option Number [1 (HD72)]:
     The number and device in brackets indicate the default  boot
     device  (HD72  in  the  above  example).   As delivered, the
     default boot device is your hard disk  (normally  the  first
     hard  disk  connected to the first integral disk controller,
     if you have more  than  one).   Pressing  RETURN  at  either
     prompt  invokes the default value shown in brackets.  A NULL
     boot program name results in the listing of the contents  of
     the  first  stand  partition on the chosen device (after the
     Load Device is entered).

SEE ALSO
     firmware(8).
     System Administrator's Guide.
















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