Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Manufacturing Part Number: 5185-6558 June 11 2001 © Copyright 2001 © Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved..
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 1 Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 The following white paper is excerpts from sections of Chapter 5, “Administering A System: Booting and Shutdown” in Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators.These sections are updated here to reflect changes made in booting and reconfiguring of the kernel for HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Booting From an Alternate Kernel Booting From an Alternate Kernel By default, the boot process will use the main kernel file /stand/vmunix to find the kernel to boot from. To boot from a different kernel, you must interact with the initial program loader (IPL/ISL) and specify a different main kernel file: Step 1.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Booting From an Alternate Device Booting From an Alternate Device There are times when you will need to boot from a device other than the device that you normally boot from. For example, if your primary boot disk fails, you will need to boot your system either from a different disk or from a recovery tape. Step 1.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Booting From an Alternate Device As the system is booting, press the ESC (escape) key to stop the automatic boot process. Step 2. Specify the hardware path name of the device that you want to boot from: Server Systems Enter the command: Enter boot path, command, or ?> boot hardware_path Where hardware_path is the hardware path to the device that you want to boot from.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Avoiding a Shutdown When Possible Avoiding a Shutdown When Possible There are times when a normal, planned shutdown is appropriate. But as server downtime becomes less desired and accepted, OLA/R (on-line addition and replace) functionality and DLKMs (dynamically loadable kernel modules) can help you to avoid shutting down a server in many cases.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Using HP-UX Commands to Configure Dump Devices into the HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Kernel Using HP-UX Commands to Configure Dump Devices into the HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Kernel You can edit your system file and use the config program to build your new kernel. Step 1. Edit your system file (the file that config will use to build your new kernel). This file is usually the file /stand/system, but can be another file if you prefer.
Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5 Using HP-UX Commands to Configure Dump Devices into the HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.
