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

Administering a System: Booting and Shutdown
Booting Systems
Chapter 5508
• late_cpu
• platform
• chipset
• io_hw
• mem_init
• mem_test
boottest Display the current boot-time system
test configuration
boottest testname Display the current setting for the
specified test ( testname ). For
example: boottest mem_test
displays the memory self-test
settings.
boottest on Enable all boot-time system tests. HP
recommends this but recognizes your
needs may require disabling some
boot-time system tests.
boottest off Disable all boot-time system tests.
Disabling all self tests is usually not
recommended.
boottest testname on Enable the specified test ( testname ).
For example: boottest io_hw on
enables the boot-time I/O hardware
self tests.
boottest testname off Disable the specified test ( testname ).
For example: boottest Chipset on
disables the Chipset boot-time
system test.
Step 3. Repeat Step 2 until the settings reflect your desired settings, then reboot
your system.