Booting The Default File

Booting The Default File

The auto command reboots the operating system. It uses the default boot file as though you were powering up the CPU. At the Command Monitor prompt (>>), type:

auto

The PROM's environment variable bootfile specifies the default boot file. In addition, you must set the environment variable root to the disk partition that IRIX uses as its root file system. The auto command assumes that the desired image of IRIX resides on the partition specified by root of the drive specified in the environment variable bootfile.

The bootfile name can contain no more than 14 characters. To select a different boot file, see "Changing Environment Variables".