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 described in Section 6.7.1, “The "setargs, load and boot" method”. The arguments passed to the image are set with the setargs command.

Example 15.1. 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
Simtec Board Test Tool, Version 0.23
(c) 2005 Simtec Electronics

EB2410ITX (BAST) Test Suite
...

See also

setargs.

load.