Installation Guide, Second Edition - HP Integrity BL60p Server Blade

Chapter 8
Installing and Booting the Operating System
Operating System Boot and Shutdown
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After you press a key, the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) launches.
For help using the HPUX.EFI loader, enter the help command. To return to the EFI Shell, enter
exit.
fs0:\> hpux
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HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64 Revision 1.723
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 9
[User Types A Key to Stop the HP-UX Boot Process and Access the HPUX.EFI Loader ]
Type ’help’ for help
HPUX>
Step 5. At the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) enter the boot -is vmunix
command to boot HP-UX (the /stand/vmunix kernel) in single-user (-is) mode.
HPUX> boot -is vmunix
> System Memory = 4063 MB
loading section 0
................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
........ (complete)
loading symbol table
loading System Directory(boot.sys) to MFS
....
loading MFSFILES Directory(bootfs) to MFS
......
Launching /stand/vmunix
SIZE: Text:25953K + Data:3715K + BSS:3637K = Total:33306K
Console is on a Serial Device
Booting kernel...
Step 6. Exit the console and MP interfaces when finished using them.
Press
^B (Control-B) to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP,
type X at the Main Menu.
Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode
Use the following procedure to boot HP-UX in LVM-maintenance mode.
Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode (EFI Shell)
From the EFI Shell environment, boot in LVM-maintenance mode by stopping the boot process at
the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) and entering the boot -lm
vmunix command.
Step 1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the system on which you want to boot HP-UX in
LVM-maintenance mode.
Log in to the MP and enter CO to choose the system console.
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI
menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose the
Exit option from the submenus until you return
to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.