Booting Options and Using EEPROM

by Jeff Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator

EEPROM Command

The eeprom command is located in /usr/sbin/eeprom. The eeprom

command is used to display or change the values of parameters in the
EEPROM. It processes parameters in the order given. When processing a
parameter accompanied by a value, eeprom makes the indicated alteration
to the EEPROM; otherwise it displays the parameter's value. When given
no parameter specifiers, eeprom displays the values of all EEPROM
parameters. A '-' (hyphen) flag specifies that parameters and values are to
be read from the standard input (one parameter or parameter = value per
line). Only the super-user (root) may alter the EEPROM contents.

When the eeprom command is executed in user mode, the parameters with
a trailing question mark (?) need to be enclosed in double quotation marks
(" ") to prevent the shell from interpreting the question mark. Preceding
the question mark with an escape character (\) will also prevent the shell
from interpreting the question mark.

The remainder of this section descibes some of the common usages of the
eeprom command in Solaris.

Query Values

To query all current EEPROM values, simply use the

eeprom command with no arguments. If you only want to
determine one EEPROM value, specify it as an argument.
Here are two examples of using the eeprom command:

# eeprom auto-boot?
auto-boot?=true
# eeprom
test-args: data not available.
diag-passes=1
pci-probe-list=7,c,3,8,d,13,5
local-mac-address?=false
fcode-debug?=false
ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
ttyb-ignore-cd=true
ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true
silent-mode?=false
scsi-initiator-id=7
oem-logo: data not available.
oem-logo?=false
oem-banner: data not available.
 oem-banner?=false
ansi-terminal?=true
screen-#columns=80
screen-#rows=34
ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
output-device=screen
input-device=keyboard
load-base=16384
auto-boot?=true
boot-command=boot
diag-file: data not available.
diag-device=disk net
boot-file: data not available.
boot-device=disk net
use-nvramrc?=false
nvramrc: data not available.
security-mode=none
security-password: data not available.
security-#badlogins=0
mfg-mode=off
diag-level=max
diag-switch?=false
error-reset-recovery=boot

auto-boot?

Used to control the auto-boot feature. This option controls

whether the system directly boots up. You can disable auto-
boot so next time it stays at the ok prompt for starting
installations. Use the following command and reboot the
system:

# eeprom "auto-boot?"=false