Subject: Re: autobooting 1.3
To: David Seifert <seifert@sequent.com>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/09/1998 11:55:20
> > to get autoboot, you set the variable auto_action
> >
> > set auto_action restart
>
> There are three choices for auto_action
>
> halt always halts at SRM prompt
> boot always boots the OS
> restart always boots the OS
>
> There is presumably some difference between boot and restart,
> but I haven't found it.
I seem to recall that this _should_ work like:
halt always halts at SRM prompt (poweron, OS halt, OS reboot)
boot always boots the OS (poweron, OS halt, OS reboot)
restart boots the OS at poweron or OS reboot, halts at OS halt.
cgd
[ not the opinion of Digital, etc. ]