11/3/71 BOOT (I)
NAME boot -- reboot system
SYNOPSIS /etc/boot
DESCRIPTION boot logically a command, and is kept in /etc
only to lessen the probability of its being in-
voked by accident or from curiosity. It reboots
the system by jumping to the read-only memory,
which contains a disk boot program.
FILES --
SEE ALSO boot procedure
DIAGNOSTICS --
BUGS Should obviously not be executable by the general
user. Also, it should reboot in a more direct
manner. The mechanism invoked by jumping to the
ROM loader is sensitive to the contents of the
console switches, which makes the whole procedure
even more dangerous.
Rather than jumping to the ROM, boot should simu-
late the ROM action with 173700 in the switches.
In this manner, It may be used when the switches
are not set, and even in installation without a
ROM.
OWNER ken