HP Integrity rx8620 Server User Service Guide

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All rights reserved
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
6. Exit the console and MP interfaces if finished using them.
To exit the EFI environment enter ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and
returns you to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, enter X at the Main Menu.
Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting
You can boot HP-UX in single-user mode by using the following procedure:
Procedure E-3 Single-User Mode HP-UX Booting [EFI Shell]
From the EFI Shell environment, boot in single-user mode by stopping the boot process at the
HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) entering the boot -is vmunix
command.
For required configuration details, see “ACPI Configuration for HP-UX Must Be “default””
(page 205).
1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition on which you want to boot HP-UX in
single-user mode.
a. Log in to the MP and enter CO to access the Console list.
b. Select the nPartition 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, select Exit from the sub-menus until
you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
c. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.
2. Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the filesystem number) for the device
from which you want to boot HP-UX.
3. When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device, issue the HPUX command
to invoke the \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI loader on the selected devive.
4. Boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt (HPUX>) by pressing any key within the ten seconds
given for interrupting the HP-UX boot process. Use the HPUX.EFI loader to boot HP-UX
in single-user mode in the next step.
After you press a key, the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) is
provided. For help using the HPUX.EFI loader, enter the help command. To return to the
EFI Shell, enter exit.
fs0:\> hpux
(c) Copyright 1990-2002, Hewlett Packard Company.
All rights reserved
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>
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.
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