Boot Prompt Delay autoboot Tru64

[Scott Farwell]

When I turn on and boot my Tru64 Alpha server, the system comes up to a "boot" prompt and then waits forever for me to type "boot" and press "ENTER". How can I have it timeout after 5 seconds and automatically boot back up. If the system crashes or is rebooted for any reason someone has to be present at the console to get the machine to boot.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

I don't know about a timeout but
set auto_action boot
automatically boots the machine.

greetings,

Michael

[Venkatesh BL]

Yes, auto_action is the way to go. Set it at the '>>>' prompt.

[Ivan Ferreira]

If you set the auto_action, you won't have a "delay" where you can stop the boot process. If you want to stop the boot process when auto_action is boot, you will need to use tha halt button (or SCM,MBM command).

[Scott Farwell]

What file needs to be modified to add this paramter ? Can't it be set to wait for 5 seconds at the boot prompt before continuing like most Linux and Unix OS's ? I just want to be able to reboot it unattended. I am not familiar with Tru64 Unix at all, but I am a Linux/Unix Administrator for Redhat/SCO products. Unfortunately I have to administer this Tru64 system as well without any training.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Is not a file, is a command that you need to enter in the SRM console.

To go to the SRM console, you need to do shutdown -h now.

The SRM console is where you type boot to start the operating system. So, instead of entering just "boot", first enter:

set auto_action boot
boot

As I said, after that if you want to stop the boot process, you need to press the halt button before starts booting.

[Scott Farwell]

Ok, Thanks !!! I thought it would be in a configuration file that I could edit while machine is up and running. I'll have to put a note on the serve so that next time it is rebooted, the commands will be entered to auto_boot the machine.

[Venkatesh BL]

You can set this on a running system as well. Use 'consvar' command.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

You can see all environment variables that you can set with consvar for the console with
consvar -l
Setting goes like
consvar -s auto_action boot
and storing it into permanent memory is
consvar -a

Michael