Quick Reference Guide

: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names
separated by commas
• On 12G and later systems
: list of device names separated by commas
Description
Enables, disables, and orders the devices in a boot order list. Only the
devices present on the system are listed in the boot sequence.
NOTE: Only the devices listed in the bootseq are enabled.
Without an argument, this option prints the boot order list. The
argument must be formatted as a comma-separated numerical list
with no spaces. The list must be within the bounds of the current
boot list, that is, the low and high numbers must match, and the
same number of entries must be supplied. Systems that use a
numerical list for boot order cannot be replicated.
Some systems also allow the boot order to be expressed as a list of
device names. Device names are formatted as a
name.location.instance string, where name is the name of the device,
location is either slot or embedded (emb), and instance is the
numerical position of the device. Some device name examples are
shown below. Systems that support a list of device names for boot
order can be replicated.
Numerical Lists Examples:
A:>syscfg --bootseq= 2,3,4,5,1,6
The following devices are set in the boot sequence:
Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device
Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 – VIRTUAL CDROM
Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:
Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500
Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY
Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device
NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the
BIOS.
Device Name Examples:
Example of device names:
nic.slot.1 (network adapter 1 in PCI slot)
nic.emb.1 (network adapter 1 on system board)
hdd.emb.0 (hard drive C:)
cdrom.emb.0 (CD drive)
Device Name Lists Examples
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