Changing alternate boot path

[Joe D'urso]

What is the syntax for changing the alternate boot path to the tape drive on my
K220 ? (you know when you interrupt the reboot)

[Melvyn Burnard_1]

If you interrupt the system boot up, and get to the admin prompt, I believe it
is:
path alt
then display the paths to check.

However, rather than reboot the system to do this, why not do:
man setboot

setboot(1m) allows you to display the primary an alternate boot paths, as well
as alter them while the system is running.

[Cheryl Griffin_1]

If you are simply trying to boot from the tape drive this one time, there is no
need to modify your boot information.

From the PDC commands menu which displays after you have interrupted the boot
process, you can use SEA to search for bootable devices. The list of bootable
devices will display with a p# index. Use the p# which corresponds to the tape
drive in a boot statement:
bo p1

[Anthony Goonetilleke_1]

You can change the alternate boot path by issuing the follwing command

setboot -a HW
where HW is your hardwrae path to the tape drive
If you want the auto boot option use the "-b on" args.