When you connect to the serial console on the Motorola VME single board computer and switch it on or push the front panel reset button you will get a 7 second countdown to auto-boot. Hit any key to stop this countdown: -------- VxWorks System Boot Copyright 1984-1996 Wind River Systems, Inc. CPU: Motorola MVME2300 - MPC 604r Version: 5.3.1 BSP version: 1.1/4 Creation date: Apr 28 1998, 16:42:19 Press any key to stop auto-boot... 4 [VxWorks Boot]: ---------------- At the [VxWorks Boot]: prompt you can print (p) or change (c) the boot parameters [VxWorks Boot]: p boot device : scsi=2,0 processor number : 0 host name : mizar file name : /sd0/boot/vx2700_sd0 inet on ethernet (e) : 129.57.14.20:fffffc00 host inet (h) : 129.57.14.33 gateway inet (g) : 129.57.12.1 user (u) : abbottd flags (f) : 0x20 target name (tn) : davw10 startup script (s) : /sd0/drew/pem/pemv7.boot other (o) : dc The relevant parameters to modify will be host name - Name of the Unix host e - IP address of the board:subnet mask (should be in /etc/hosts on unix as well) h - Unix host IP address g - IP gateway (this is optional - it can be cleared) u - username on unix host tn - name of VME board (should be in /etc/hosts on unix) o - device name for the network interface (dc) If you use the "c" command you will be prompted at each line to change what is already there. If you just hit return the old value will be saved. If you type a "." and hit return it will clear the entry. If you type anything else and hit return then the new entry will replace the old.