Installation guide

Configuring the Boot Environment
3-12 Fault Tolerant System Administration (R1004H) HP-UX version 11.00.03
The boot command has several options. The command syntax is as follows:
boot [-F] [-lq] [-P number] [-M number] [-lm] [-s file]
[-a[C|R|S|D] devicefile] [-f number] [-i string]
Table 3-4 lists the boot command options.
Table 3-4. Options to the boot Command
Command Meaning
-F Use with the SwitchOver/UX software.
Ignore any locks on the boot disk. This
option should be used only when it is
known that the processor holding the lock is
no longer running. (If this option is not
specified and a disk is locked by another
processor, the kernel will not boot from it in
order to avoid the corruption that would
result if the other processor were still using
the disk.)
-lq Boot the system with the disk quorum check
turned off.
-P number Boot the system with the CPU limit of
number. Use this option if you want to limit
the number of CPUs in your environment.
-M number Boot the system with the system memory
size (in kilobytes) of number.
-lm Boot the system in LVM maintenance mode,
configure only the root volume, and then
initiate single-user mode.
-s file Boot the system with the kernel file. file is
the LIF file name of a kernel on the flash
card or boot disk.