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Run diagnostics at OpenBoot:
Stop-D

Set NVRAM settings:
At ok prompt, use “printenv” to get copy of settings first!
Stop-N (hold till keyboard LEDs flash)

Abort: use Stop-A

Disable the abort (Stop-A) sequence within Solaris to prevent file system corruption and provide tighter security:
# vi /etc/default/kbd
Set:
KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
Run:
# kbd -i

Display environment variables:
printenv
[Note, if variable ends in a "?", it is usually boolean]

Setting environment variables:
setenv variable value
reset-all

Force default for all environment variables:
set-defaults

Force default for a specific environment variables:
set-defaults variable

Perform a boot reconfigure (creates new device entries in /devices and /dev directories and updates /etc/path_to_inst file)
boot -r
boot -rv (displays detailed device information to console, use for troubleshooting boot!)

Boot to single user:
boot -s
boot -sv (displays detailed boot information to console, use for troubleshooting boot!)

Access OpenBoot help:
help
help boot
help nvramrc
help diag
help misc

Find a specific OpenBoot command:
sifting name
i.e. sifting probe (displays all commands with “probe” in it)

Probe a bus:
Note:
- If Solaris has loaded into memory when the system was aborted, the probe will hang the system; avoid the hang by using:
setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all
- Before running, use “.registers” and if any values are non-zero, a probe will hang the system
probe-scsi
probe-ide

Display the device tree:
show-devs

List device aliases:
devalias

Display disks:
show-disks
(use show-disks to select a device – this is then available using CTRL+Y rather than typing the path!)

Set device aliases:
nvalias aliasname device_path
or
show-disks (selecting the disk)
nvalias aliasname CTRL+Y

Set the boot-device parameter to boot the system:
setenv boot-device aliasname

Unsetting device aliases:
nvunalias aliasname

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