Use startserver to start a server from the command line.
Read and write permissions on the master device.
where $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/startserver is the full path name of the startserver utility, and RUN_server_name file is the full path name of the RUN_server_name file (usually $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/RUN_server_name).
If your Adaptive Server is named SYBASE, the RUN_server_name file specification is optional.
For more information about startserver, see the Adaptive Server Utility Guide.