Starting the system

Starting your SCO system requires more than just turning on the power. The system goes through a series of stages to ready the system for use, some of which may require intervention:

• Loading the operating system

• Saving/deleting a system memory image if the system was improperly stopped

• Cleaning filesystems

• Choosing the mode of system operation

• Setting the time and date at startup

• Checking the security databases

See also:

• ``The UNIX system life cycle''