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SUN: Open Boot Prom Commands
 

 
Command Description
show-disks Displays the disks attached to the system and allows you to pick one to be used in a later command.
nvalias [ $device | ^Y ] Set up an alias for a device. You can use the show-disks command to select a device, then issue a <CTRL>-Y to paste it into the command line. Otherwise, you're typing the whole device path which is prone to errors.
printenv [ $parm ] Prints the entire OBP environment unless a parameter is used.
setenv ${parm} Sets an OBP parameter.
nvstore Stores all the nvalias parameters that you've created.
probe-scsi-all Displays the h/w path to all devices on the system.
reset-all Clears out memory - needed before issuing a probe-scsi-all. Ensure the auto-boot? parameter is set to false, otherwise system will competely reboot.