Name

boot — Starts loaded OS images

Synopsis

boot [--help] [--version]

Options

--help

Display short help message and exit

--version

Display the version of the boot command and exit

Description

This command starts execution of a previously loaded OS image. Its operation is fully described in Chapter 6, Starting an Operating System Manually. The arguments passed to the image are set with the setargs command.

Example 66. Using the boot command

>boot
boot: an image must be loaded with the load command first
>load (tftpboot)batty
tftp: attempting bootp
bootp: sending request
bootp: serverip: 192.168.7.1
bootp: netmask: 255.255.255.0
bootp: serverip: 192.168.7.1
bootp: netmask: 255.255.255.0
bootp: address: 192.168.7.29
>boot
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