HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90023, September 2010)

2. Use the BCH boot command to specify where you want to boot the system from.
You can issue the BOOT command in any of the following ways:
• BOOT
Issuing the BOOT command with no arguments boots the device at the primary
(PRI) boot path.
• BOOT bootvariable
This command boots the device indicated by the specified boot path, where
bootvariable is the PRI, HAA, or ALT boot path.
For example, BOOT HAA boots the high-availability alternate boot path.
• BOOT LAN INSTALL or BOOT LAN.ip-address INSTALL
The BOOT... INSTALL commands boot the system from any available Ignite
server or from the Ignite server specified by IP-address. For more information
on what happens when doing an installation boot, see the Ignite-UX Installation
Booting white paper available on HP Business Support Center website:
HP-UX Core Docs
• BOOT path
This command boots the device at the specified path. You can specify the path
in HP-UX hardware path notation (for example, 0/0/2/0/0.13) or in “path
label” format (for example, P0 or P1).
NOTE: If you specify the path in “path label” format then path refers to a
device path reported by the last BCH SEARCH command.
Example 2-17 Boot from the boot device specified in the ALT boot path
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot alt
Example 2-18 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 2-19 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
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