SUN: Open Boot Prom Commands

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Command  Description
show-disks  Displays the disks attached to the system and allows you to pick one to be used in a later command.
nvalias [ $device | ^Y ]  Set up an alias for a device. You can use the show-disks command to select a device, then issue a <CTRL>-Y to paste it into the command line. Otherwise, you're typing the whole device path which is prone to errors.
printenv [ $parm ]  Prints the entire OBP environment unless a parameter is used.
setenv ${parm}  Sets an OBP parameter.
nvstore  Stores all the nvalias parameters that you've created.
probe-scsi-all  Displays the h/w path to all devices on the system.
reset-all  Clears out memory - needed before issuing a probe-scsi-all. Ensure the auto-boot? parameter is set to false, otherwise system will competely reboot.



 
 
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