Ok Bill, I have some short comments back. I'm sorry if sound too terse or grumpy. The website keeps kicking me out.
"> lifcp cxtxdx
This is syadmin shorthand for: replace with the device file name of your boot disk, possibly clearer when written as: c#t#d# or maybe "
ME: More like changing it from opaque to clear.
"If you are new to any Unix system, it is always a good idea to run the command:
man lifcp or man lvlnboot"
ME: I put the question in the forum because I expected people would provide a nice, short, simple answer. A man page won't do that. Honestly I love these forums because people provide better, clearer answers and man pages.
"> I can't find a way confirm what I typed.
Not possible. Your keystrokes were sent to the processor firmware, no HP-UX is running, no logs, nothing. The only thing you can look at is the AUTO file contents using lifcp and that will tell you what will be run when the system boots up automatically but not what you typed on the keyboard."
ME: Close enough. ....well.....
That's an answer. This AUTO thing is a file. It holds the boot string I typed in. I can pull out the contents of that AUTO file using this lifcp command. And I can find out which disks are bootable with the lvlnboot -v command.
