| I don't | believe that you can specify boot devices from a unix reboot type | command. Given the /dev/nit context, I presume we're talking Suns here, in which case you can. I've only personally used this feature to pass -sw or -saw. >From Sun's (SunOS 4.1.4) reboot man page: REBOOT(8) MAINTENANCE COMMANDS REBOOT(8) NAME reboot - restart the operating system SYNOPSIS /usr/etc/reboot [ -dnq ] [ boot arguments ] ... Boot Arguments If a boot argument string is given, it is passed to the boot command in the PROM monitor. The string must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that could be inter- preted by the shell. If the first character of the boot argument string is a minus sign `-' the string must be pre- ceded by an option terminator string `--' For example: reboot -- -s to reboot and come up single user, reboot vmunix.test to reboot to a new kernel. See boot(8S) for details. Regards, Chuck