Booting and Shutdown in HP-UX Release 11i Version 1.5

Booting From an Alternate Device

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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. Take control of the boot process so that autoboot/autosearch will not

attempt to boot the system automatically from your primary boot device:

Server Systems

If the autoboot and autosearch ﬂags are enabled, PDC will provide you

with a 10 second delay in which to manually override the automatic boot

process. Press any key during these 10 seconds.

PDC will ask you:

Boot from primary boot path (Y or N)?

Answer no:

Boot from primary boot path (Y or N)? N

PDC will then ask you:

Boot from alternate boot path (Y or N)?

If the alternate boot path is the correct hardware path for the device that

you want to boot from, enter Y. If, as in the is example, the alternate boot

path is not the desired hardware path, answer N:

Boot from alternate boot path (Y or N)? N

You will then be prompted to enter a command:

Enter boot path, command, or ?>

V-Class Servers

If the autoboot and autosearch ﬂags are enabled, the boot process will

provide you with a 10 second delay in which to manually override an

automatic boot. Press any key during these 10 seconds.

Workstations