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-M message
Specifies the kernel boot prompt message.
-l label
Specifies the label to write into new or modified records.
-c command
Indicates the ISL command to run when a record is executed.
-b device
Indicates the boot device containing the boot image. Boot devices apply to platform
PA only
and are specified in the form
(;0). auto_adm expects the parentheses to be present, and
care must be used to prevent the shell from removing them. If
auto_adm issues an error
message about missing parentheses characters but you have included them, please see the
documentation for your shell to determine its method of specifying arguments containing spe-
cial characters.
-i image
The name of the image on the boot device.
-a Add a record to an existing file using data specified by the
-l, -c, -b and -i.
-A appendfile
Add a record contained in appendfile to an existing file using data read from the file specified
by -f infile.
-L label
Specifies the label to search for when modifying records.
-d Delete the record specified by -L.
-D In conjunction with -L, sets the default boot action to take upon expiration of the timeout
period.
-? Displays the help screen.
International Code Set Support
Ignite-UX uses a variety of system commands to accomplish its functionality. Because the output of many
of these commands is parsed, Ignite-UX ensures that the POSIX locale is normally used by modifying
environment variables. Help text and some command output not parsed by Ignite-UX will be left in the
user’s specified locale.
EXAMPLES
For more information about the formats of files used by
auto_adm, see auto_adm (4). In the following
examples, the CONF file is conf1:
timeout = 0 # wait indefinitely
message = Choose version to install # prompt to user
default = 1 # choose 32-bit by default
label = B.11.11 32bit install
bootcmd = boot
boot = (;0)
image = boot/Rel_B.11.11/INSTALL # path to 32-bit install kernel
Read the input file conf1 and write it to the terminal in ISL format:
auto_adm -f conf1 -O ISL
This produces the following output:
hpux KernelPrompt "Choose version to install" 0 1
reset
"B.11.11 32bit install" boot (;0)boot/Rel_B.11.11/INSTALL
"Exit" reboot
Append the contents of the CONF file conf1 to a similar CONF file conf2 , and write the results to the ter-
minal:
auto_adm -A conf1 -f conf2
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