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

Administering a System: Booting and Shutdown
Booting Systems
Chapter 5496
Example 5-21 Boot from the boot device specified at hardware address
0/0/2/0/0.14:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot 0/0/2/0/0.14
Example 5-22 Boot from the boot device specified at path label P2:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > search
PATH# Device Path (dec) Device Type
----- ------------------- ------------
P0 0/0/2/0/0.13 Random access media
P1 0/0/2/0/0.14 Random access media
P2 0/0/2/0/0.0 Random access media
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot P2
Example 5-23 Boot from the default HP-UX install server
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot lan
Example 5-24 Boot from the HP-UX install server at 192. nn . xx . yyy
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot lan.192. nn . xx . yy
INSTALL
Booting from an Alternate Kernel If you have built a new kernel, or
have an alternate kernel file that you want to boot from:
Step 1. Boot from the device containing the alternate kernel file using the BOOT
command from the BCH interface.
After you issue the BOOT command, the BCH interface prompts you to
specify whether you want to stop at the ISL prompt.
To boot the from the HP-UX kernel file represented in the AUTO file on
the boot device without stopping at the ISL prompt, enter n to
automatically proceed past ISL and execute the contents of the AUTO file
on the selected device. By default the AUTO file is configured to load
/stand/vmunix though you can change that (See “Changing the
Contents of the Autoexecute File” on page 497).
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > BOOT PRI
Primary Boot Path: 0/0/1/0/0.15