Installation guide

Configuring the Boot Environment
HP-UX version 11.00.03 Starting and Stopping the System 3-5
To change the boot path or disable autoboot, do the following:
1. Log in as root.
2. Determine which console controller is on standby. To do this, enter
ftsmaint ls 1/0
ftsmaint ls 1/1
The Status field shows Online for the online board and Online Standby
for the standby board (if both boards are functioning properly).
NOTE
You must specify the standby console controller for any PROM-burning
commands. You will get an error if you specify the online console
controller. Do not attempt to update a console controller if it is not in the
Online Standby state (for example, if it is in a broken state).
3. Update the path partition on the standby console controller either by entering
data interactively or by creating a configuration file. To create a configuration
file, skip to step 4. To enter data interactively, do the following:
a. Invoke the interactive interface. To do this, enter
ftsmaint burnprom -F path hw_path
hw_path is the hardware path of the standby console controller
(determined in step 2), either 1/0 or 1/1.
b. Messages similar to the following appear.
Enter your modified values
<CR> will keep the same value
Type ‘quit’ to quit and UPDATE the partition
Type ‘abort’ to abort and DO NOT UPDATE the partition
Main chassis slot number [2]:
The current boot path is shown in brackets in the last message. On that line,
enter 2 to specify the flash card in card-cage 2, 3 to specify the flash card in
card-cage 3, or 0 to disable autoboot. For example, to set the initial boot path
to the flash card in card-cage 3, enter
Main chassis slot number [2]: 3
c. After the command completes, skip to step 5. The interactive procedure
allows you to define a single boot device only.
4. If you want to define additional (up to four) boot devices, create and load a
configuration file as follows: