Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Booting and Shutdown
Booting Systems
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Step 4. Boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt (HPUX>) by typing any key within
the ten seconds given for interrupting the HP-UX boot process. You will
use the HPUX.EFI loader to boot HP-UX in single-user mode in the next
step.
After you type a key, the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader
prompt, HPUX>) is provided. For help using the HPUX.EFI loader, type the
help command. To return to the EFI Shell, type exit.
fs7:\> hpux
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HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64 Revision 1.723
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 9
[User Types A Key to Stop the HP-UX Boot Process and Access the HPUX.EFI Loader ]
Type ’help’ for help
HPUX>
Step 5. At the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) enter
the boot -is vmunix command to boot HP-UX (the /stand/vmunix
kernel) in single-user (-is) mode. If you are booting from a different
kernel file into single-user mode substitute the other file’s name for
vmunix. The -is option is what specifies single-user mode.
HPUX> boot -is vmunix
> System Memory = 4063 MB
loading section 0
................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
........ (complete)
loading symbol table
loading System Directory(boot.sys) to MFS
....
loading MFSFILES Directory(bootfs) to MFS
......
Launching /stand/vmunix
SIZE: Text:25953K + Data:3715K + BSS:3637K = Total:33306K
Console is on a Serial Device
Booting kernel...