Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90079, October 2013)

Figure 107 The Boot Manager Menu with the New Option
At this point you have successfully configured a tape boot option, and it may be selected from the
EFI Boot Menu. For more information on creating recovery tapes, see make_tape_recovery(1M).
NOTE: When executing any Itanium-based boot using the install kernels and install file systems,
the following errors will appear in the output:
execve("/sbin/sh") failed, errno 0xffffffff
execve("/bin/sh") failed, errno 0xffffffff
These errors are not indicative of any Ignite-UX problem and can be safely ignored. The failures
occur because /sbin/sh and /bin/sh are not present on the system when the kernel is starting;
Ignite-UX does not need them at this point. On a non-installation boot, the kernel would be attempting
to run /sbin/pre_init_rc, a script.
Tape Recovery for Integrity Blade Systems
To boot from tape on an Integrity blade system you must first create a tape boot option on the EFI
Boot Manager menu. Verify that your Integrity blade system has firmware support for tape boot.
If there is firmware that supports tape boot available for your system, you may first need to upgrade
your firmware to make this functionality available.
The first version of Ignite-UX to support native tape boot for Integrity blade systems is C.7.10.474.
Recovery tapes created before that version of Ignite-UX can only be used with two-step recovery.
See “Tape Recovery With No Tape Boot Support — Two-Step Media Recovery” (page 214) for
more information on two-step recovery.
The screens shown in this example are from an ia64 hp Integrity BL890c i2 system. Other
systems may vary in method and screen format. For information on how to configure boot devices
for your system, consult your system’s hardware documentation.
Determining the Tape Drive’s EFI Path
When adding a tape boot option to the firmware, you must identify the tape drive you will use for
booting. The EFI menus will display device paths to choose from. Before beginning the tape boot
configuration process at the EFI level, you must determine the device path to your tape drive so
you can select the correct one to use for booting.
One way to identify the tape drive’s path is to use the tapeboot select command at the EFI
shell prompt.
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