HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-21 - Itanium

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 19 (of 35)
Chapter 21 Itanium Architecture (IA)
October 29, 2013
fs2:\> hpux
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HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64 Revision 1.713
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 3
Pressing any key at this point interrupts the 10 seconds autoboot timeout and invokes
the OS Loader hpux.efi in interactive mode. At the HPUX> prompt you have several
possibilities to interact, such as
Changing boot options:
HPUX> boot -is for single user mode
HPUX> boot -lq for LVM quorum mode
HPUX> boot -lm for maintenance mode boot
HPUX> boot -tm for failsave mode (no DLKMs etc,)
HPUX> boot backup for booting backup kernel configuration
HPUX> boot vmunix.prev for booting previous kernel
HPUX> boot -vga redirect console output (e.g. rc scripts) to VGA monitor.
Some of the options may be combined.
NOTE: At UX 11.22 you need to have PHKL_28787 or later installed to be able to boot to
maintenance mode.
Getting help:
HPUX> help
-- HPUX bootloader for IA64 Help --
list of supported commands:
boot [kernel] - boots HPUX kernel
help [-d] - help screen (-d to list debug commands)
ls [-b] [dir] - lists directory (-b for screen break)
ll [-b] [dir] - lists directory in long detail
mmap - show current EFI memory map
setauto [-d] [str] - sets AUTO file (-d to delete AUTO file)
showauto - shows AUTO file
ver - prints version numbers
exit - exits bootloader
Gathering firmware versions: