Nokia IP350 - Security Appliance Installation Manual

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Nokia 60s and 100s Installation Guide 717 Using the Boot ManagerThis chapter describes using the IPSO boot manager. The following topics arediscussed in this chapter: Variables Booting the System Using the Boot Manager to Install IPSO Protecting the Boot Manager with a Password Installing the Boot Manager Upgrading the Boot ManagerThe Nokia 60s and 100s platforms incorporate a boot manager on disk tocontrol the boot-up process. The boot manager allows you to perform anumber of tasks, including the following: Booting from alternate kernels, which might reside on nondefault devicesor directories Installing new versions of IPSO (the operating system) Obtaining system information Performing various housekeeping tasksWhen you first receive your 60s or 100s appliance, the boot manager usesfactory-default parameters (kernel, boot device, and so on) for the bootprocess. The factory defaults cause the appliance to bypass the boot managerprompt after a five-second wait. You can change these defaults to reflect yourown needs, or you can use different parameters in the command line at boottime. The boot manager maintains the default values of these parameters on