23 diskboot, Diskboot, Motload commands – Artesyn MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual (February 2015) User Manual

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MOTLoad Commands

MOTLoad Firmware Package User’s Manual (6806800C24D)

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3.1.23 diskBoot

Name

diskBoot—boots the specified file from the specified device.

Synopsis

diskBoot [-a] [-e] [-f] [-h] [-p] [-v]

Parameters

-a Ph: Boot File Load Address (Default=Dynamic/User Download Buffer)

-e Ph: Boot File Execution Address Offset (Default = 0)

-f Ps: Boot File Path (Format = Device-Name[\Partition[\File-Name]])

-h 0: Do Not Execute Loaded File

-p Ps: PReP Boot Device Type List (Format Example = Floppy/CDROM/Disk)

-v 0 : Verbose Mode

Note When the -p option is specified, the values specified by the -f option are ignored.

Example

The following example indicates a typical display when using the diskBoot command.

MOTLoad> diskBoot -f/dev/fd0\l\boot.bin

---the above method can also be accomplished by defining a GEV variable as

follows---

MOTLoad> gevEdit mot-boot-path

(Blank line terminates input.)

/dev/fd0\l\boot.bin

MOTLoad>

Error Messages

diskBoot(): device-type list empty/end - exiting

Specified device not found in device table.

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