HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Installation, Configuration, and Administration

From the EFI shell•
• From the File menu
To boot from the EFI shell:
a. Go to the EFI shell. For example:
fs0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig5D1D1134-C809-11DB-9AEB-000000000000)
fs1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig5DB58D88-C809-11DB-9AEB-000000000000)
fs2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)
EFI lists devices with filesystems detected as fs{n}. In the preceding example, fs0
and fs1 are older filesystems that are present on the disk. The fs2 file system
corresponds to the bootable Linux ISO image/Virtual DVD, as can be recognized by the
CD against it.
b. Boot the first installation DVD, which is indicated in the device-mapping table by
/CDROM , by entering the following commands:
shell > fsn:
fsn > bootia64
where n corresponds to the Virtual DVD.
The following example shows how to boot from fs0:
# hpvmconsole -P linux1
- - - - - - - - - - Prior Console Output - - - - - - - - - -
Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)
blk0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)
blk2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)
blk3 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)
blk4 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun3,Lun0)
blk5 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun4,Lun0)
blk6 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun5,Lun0)
Shell>fs0:
fs0:> bootia64
To boot from the File menu:
a. Exit the EFI shell.
b. Select Boot from a file.
c. Select Removable Media Boot, then press Enter.
The guest boots from the media.
5. Specify the console=ttyS0 and askmethod options using the linux command. For
example:
ELILO boot:linux console=ttyS0 askmethod
NOTE: The askmethod option tells the Linux Installation Program to display a screen
that allows you to specify the network server from which to obtain the Linux packages and
the method by which the network server is accessed (FTP or NFS).
The installation process continues:
Uncompressing Linux... done
Loading initrd initrd.img...done
Linux version 2.6.9-42.EL ([e-mail])
(gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-2))
#1 SMP Wed Jun 11 23:25:09 EDT 2008
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