Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Booting and Resetting Superdome Partitions
Procedures for Booting and Resetting Partitions
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Step 3. Boot the device using the BCH interface’s BOOT command.
To boot the /stand/vmunix HP-UX kernel from the device without
stopping at the ISL prompt, enter n to automatically proceed past ISL. In
most situations you will boot /stand/vmunix and not need to stop at ISL.
To boot an HP-UX kernel other than /stand/vmunix, or to boot HP-UX in
single-user or LVM-maintenance mode, stop at the ISL prompt and
specify the appropriate arguments to the hpux loader.
You can issue the BOOT command in any of the following ways:
• BOOT
Issuing the BOOT command with no arguments boots the device at
the primary (PRI) boot path.
• BOOT bootvariable
This command boots the device indicated by the specified boot path,
where bootvariable is the PRI, HAA, or ALT boot path. For example,
BOOT PRI boots the primary boot path.
• BOOT LAN INSTALL or BOOT LAN.ip-address INSTALL
The BOOT... INSTALL commands boot HP-UX from the default
HP-UX install server or from the server specified by ip-address.
• BOOT path
This command boots the device at the specified path.
You can specify the path in HP-UX hardware path notation
(for example, 0/1/2/3/4.5.6) or in “path label” format (for example,
P0 or P1). If you specify the path in path label format then path refers
to a device path reported by the last SEARCH command.
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > BOOT PRI
Primary Boot Path: 0/0/1/0/0.15
Do you wish to stop at the ISL prompt prior to booting? (y/n) >> n
ISL booting hpux
Boot
: disk(0/0/1/0/0.15.0.0.0.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix