V1/man/man1/boot.1

        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 invoked 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 simulate 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