Changing the default bootstring (DEFBOOTSTR)

SCO OpenServer Handbook
Chapter 10, Starting and stopping the system

To change which program is loaded by default when you just press <Enter> at the boot prompt, modify the default bootstring set with the System Startup Manager or change the DEFBOOTSTR option in /etc/default/boot. For example, this setting in /etc/default/boot causes the boot program to load the kernel from a hard disk by default:

   DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix

See ``Using bootstrings'' or bootstring(HW) for additional keywords or ``bootstrings'' that you can add to the boot command line to load special drivers at boot time. For example, here is the bootstring for a Wangtek cartridge tape:

   DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix ct=wangtek(0x338,5,1)