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hpux(1M) hpux(1M)

(PA-RISC Systems Only)

NAME

hpux - HP-UX bootstrap

SYNOPSIS

hpux [-F][-lm][

-vm][-tm][-lq][-a[CRS

D] deviceﬁle ][-fnumber ][-istring ][boot]

[deviceﬁle][variable

=value...]

hpux ll [ deviceﬁle ] (same as

hpux ls -aFln)

hpux ls [-aFiln][deviceﬁle ]

hpux set autofile deviceﬁle string

hpux show autofile [ deviceﬁle ]

hpux -v

DESCRIPTION

hpux is the HP-UX speciﬁc secondary system loader (SSL) utility for bootstrap (see isl(1M) for the initial

system loader). It supports the operations summarized below, as shown in the SYNOPSIS and detailed

later in this DESCRIPTION section.

This hpux(1M) manpage only documents features on PA-RISC systems. For bootstrap information on

Itanium(R)-based systems, see hpux.eﬁ(1M).

Operations

The following operations are supported on PA-RISC systems:

boot Loads an object ﬁle from an HP-UX ﬁle system or raw device and transfers

control to the loaded image. (Note, the boot operation is position dependent).

ll Lists the contents of HP-UX directories in a format similar to ls -aFln.

(See ls (1); ls only works on a local disk with a HFS ﬁle system).

ls Lists the contents of HP-UX directories. (See ls(1); ls only works on a local

disk with a HFS ﬁle system).

show autofile Displays the contents of the autoexecute ﬁle.

set autofile Changes the contents of the autoexecute ﬁle to that speciﬁed by string .

-v Displays the release and version numbers of the hpux utility.

hpux commands can be given interactively from the keyboard, or provided in an isl

autoexecute ﬁle.

hpux is limited to operations on the interface initialized by pdc(1M). In most cases, operations are lim-

ited to the boot device interface.

Notation

hpux accepts numbers (numeric constants) in many of its options. Numbers follow the C language nota-

tion for decimal, octal, and hexadecimal constants. A leading 0 (zero) implies octal and a leading 0x or 0X

implies hexadecimal. For example, 037, 0x1F, 0X1f, and 31 all represent the same number, decimal 31.

hpux boot, ll, ls, set autofile, and show autofile operations accept deviceﬁle speciﬁcations,

which have the following format:

manager(w/x.y.z;n)ﬁlename

The deviceﬁles speciﬁcation is comprised of a device name and a ﬁle name. The device name

( manager(w/x.y.z;n) ), consists of a generic name of an I/O system manager (device or interface

driver) such as disc, a hardware path to the device, and minor number. The manager name can be

omitted entirely if the default is used. w/x.y.z is the physical hardware path to the device. The n is

the minor number that controls manager -dependent functionality and is typically 0 or omitted. The ﬁle

name part, ﬁlename , is a standard HP-UX path name. Some hpux operations have defaults for particu-

lar components. A deviceﬁle speciﬁcation containing a device part only speciﬁes a raw device. A

deviceﬁle speciﬁcation containing a ﬁle name implies that the device contains an HP-UX ﬁle system, and

that the ﬁlename resides in that ﬁle system.

A typical boot deviceﬁle speciﬁcation is

disc(0/5/1/2/4.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix

The manager is disc, the lunpath hardware path (see intro (7)) to the disk device is

0/5/1/2/4.0x0.0x0, and /stand/vmunix is the ﬁlename for the boot device.

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) NAME hpux - HP-UX bootstrap SYNOPSIS hpux [-F] [-lm] [-vm] [-tm] [-lq] [-a[CRSD] devicefile ] [-fnumber ] [-istring ] [boot] [devicefile ] [variable =value...] hpux hpux hpux hpux hpux ll [ devicefile ] (same as hpux ls -aFln) ls [-aFiln] [ devicefile ] set autofile devicefile string show autofile [ devicefile ] -v DESCRIPTION hpux is the HP-UX specific secondary system loader (SSL) utility for bootstrap (see isl (1M) for the initial system loader).
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) hpux supports a consolidated list of managers: disc, tape, and lan. The manager disc manages all disk devices. The manager lan manages the LAN interface used during Ignite-UX system installs. The manager tape manages all tape drives. Defaults Default values chosen by hpux to complete a command are obtained through a sequence of steps. First, any components of the command specified explicitly are used.
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) -vm Boot the system in VxVM maintenance mode, configure only the root volume, and then initiate single user mode. -tm Boot the system in tunable maintenance mode, also known as "failsafe boot" mode. This option will disregard the tunable settings and module settings in the kernel configuration, and boot with known good settings instead. Note: some systems that have been updated from earlier versions of HP-UX have boot loaders that do not support this flag.
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) Exec failed: Cannot find /stand/vmunix or /vmunix. Neither /stand/vmunix or /vmunix could be found. booting from raw character device In booting from a raw device, the manager specified only has a character interface, which might cause problems if the block size is incorrect. isl not present, please hit system RESET button to continue An unsuccessful boot operation has overlaid isl in memory. It is impossible to return control to isl.
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) 10 seconds expired. Proceeding... Booting... Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 8 HARD Booted. ISL Revision A.00.44 Mar 12, 2003 ISL booting hpux hpux, the secondary system loader, then announces the operation it is performing, in this case boot, the devicefile from which the load image comes, and the TEXT size, DATA size, BSS size, and start address of the load image, as shown below, before control is passed to the image. Boot : disk(0/5/1/0.1342185441.
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) If no keyboard character is pressed within 10 seconds, pdc commences the autoboot sequence by loading isl and transferring control to it. Because an autoboot sequence is occurring, isl merely announces itself, finds and executes the autoexecute file which, on an HP-UX system, requests that hpux be run with appropriate arguments. The following is displayed on the console. 10 seconds expired. Proceeding ... Booting...
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) ISL> hpux (52.5.0.0)/stand/vmunix Boot : disc(52.5.0.0)/stand/vmunix 966616+397312+409688 start 0x6c50 Booting From LAN hpux supports booting over a local area network for the purpose of installing the HP-UX operating system using Ignite-UX. See ignite(5) for details on configuring an Ignite-UX server and client system installation. This example shows how to boot a system from an Ignite-UX server to perform a cold-install of HP-UX.
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hpux(1M) hpux(1M) (PA-RISC Systems Only) ISL> hpux -aC 0/0/1/0 -aD 0/5/1/0.0x50001fe1.0x5002c7f9.0x40040000.0x0 (Additional Kernel Startup Messages Omitted) Displaying The Autoexecute File In this example, show autofile is used to print the contents of the autoexecute file residing in the boot LIF, on the device from which hpux was booted. Optionally, a devicefile can be specified in order to read the autoexecute file from the boot LIF of another boot device.