How To Boot A/UX From "startup#" Prompt or on Startup (8/94)


How do you boot A/UX from the startup shell? How do you cause A/UX to boot automatically on machine startup?


Initially, to enter A/UX Startup you must cancel the startup process for A/UX.  Once in the A/UX Startup shell, you see a command line prompt.  The default prompt is "startup#".

To boot the system from here, pull down the "Execute" menu and select "Boot".  This will launch the A/UX boot program.  You can also type "launch" on the command line and press Return.

To have the Macintosh operating system automatically boot A/UX on machine startup, pull down the "Preferences" menu and select "Booting...".  Place an "X" in front of the option that says "Automatically Boot at startup".  Then click "OK".

Refer to the A/UX Local System Administration manual chapter on System Startup and Shutdown for more information.


Article Change History:
23 Aug 1994 - Updated to describe the startup shell.

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Published Date: Feb 18, 2012