Starting and stopping the system

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

NOTE: The default system behavior is to restart and proceed with these stages without intervention when the computer is switched on (or power is restored). See ``Changing the system restart options'' for more information.