


      CONFIGURE(1)               (Bull-SPS9)               CONFIGURE(1)



      NAME
           configure - start I/O driver processes based on hardware
           configuration

      SYNTAX
           configure [ -cdfintvx ] [ config file ] [ level ]

      DESCRIPTION
           Configure starts I/O drivers based on the actual hardware
           configuration of the system and the file /etc/config.

           Either a level or the flag c or t must be specified.  The
           level can be any one of the characters from the set
           'dSs0123456abc'.  Level d is used to download I/O
           boards/devices.  The other levels correspond to run-levels
           and can be used to customize the set of I/O drivers started.
           The c flag specifies that the driver for the console device
           is to be started.  The t flag starts the cartridge tape
           driver if it is the boot device.  In either of these cases,
           the file /etc/config is not used.  If a level is specified
           the /etc/config file is used to select drivers to start.

           The d flag causes configure to display the current
           configuration before starting any I/O drivers.

           The f flag indicates that the next argument, rather than
           /etc/config, is the file name of the config file.

           The i, n, and x flags are used to check the actions
           specified in /etc/config.  To ignore the current I/O drivers
           and make configure believe that all I/O devices are free,
           use the i flag.  This is really only useful if the n flag is
           also specified.  This flag causes configure to print the
           command line that would be used to start each I/O driver.
           No I/O drivers are actually started.  Finally, the x flag
           causes the command line to be printed as each I/O driver is
           started.  The flags n and x are mutually exclusive.

      FILES
           /etc/config

      SEE ALSO
           config(4)












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