[Cialug] Alpha - aboot question

[dave at visionary.com]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2005, Academician Kula <kula at tproa.net> said:

> On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 04:19:47PM -0000, dave at visionary.com wrote:
>> This is the syntax you're talking about:
>> 
>> >>>boot dka0 -flags 0
>> 
>> but that only works once... (it bypasses the aboot menu, which is what I
>> want). The next time I reboot, it stops at the aboot menu again.
>> 
>> Is there a way to write that as the default?
>> 
> 
> Take a look at the SRM variables
> 
>  bootdef_dev - the device from which to boot
>  boot_file - the default file to load on boot
>  boot_osflags - the flags to pass on boot    
> 
> You can change them with 
> 
>  set varname varvalue
> 
> at the bios prompt.

That's the ticket. Thanks.

-dc