HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

Setting the PRI, HAA, and ALT Boot Paths Using the HP-UX setboot
Command:..........................................................................................................46
Setting the PRI, HAA, and ALT Boot Paths Using the Boot Option Maintenance
Menu in the EFI Boot Manager:..........................................................................47
Changing the Contents of an AUTO File on a Boot Device.......................................48
Booting into Single-User Mode................................................................................54
Booting into LVM (or VxVM) Maintenance Mode..................................................56
Booting HP-UX on HP 9000 (PA-RISC) Systems: Details and Variations.....................57
A Standard Boot (PA-RISC Systems).......................................................................57
Automatic Versus Manual Booting..........................................................................58
Overriding an Automatic Boot...........................................................................58
Enabling / Disabling Autoboot...........................................................................58
Changing the PRI, HAA, and ALT Boot Paths........................................................62
Booting PA-RISC Systems from an Alternate Boot Source......................................64
Booting from an Alternate Device......................................................................65
Booting from an Alternate Kernel......................................................................67
Changing the Contents of the Autoexecute File......................................................68
Booting into Single-User Mode................................................................................68
Booting into LVM Maintenance Mode.....................................................................70
Speeding the Boot: SpeedyBoot.....................................................................................70
System Boot Tests.....................................................................................................72
Viewing your System’s SpeedyBoot Settings...........................................................73
Configuring Boot-Time System Tests from the BCH Menu (HP 9000 Systems
Only)........................................................................................................................75
Configuring Boot-Time System Tests from the EFI Shell (HP Integrity Servers
Only)........................................................................................................................76
Configuring Boot-Time System Tests from a Booted System..................................78
Using setboot to Configure SpeedyBoot Settings................................................79
Breaking Out of the Boot Screen...................................................................................80
Customizing Start-up and Shutdown.................................................................................80
Shutting Down Systems......................................................................................................84
Types of Shutdown........................................................................................................85
Normal (Planned) Shutdown...................................................................................85
Power Failure...........................................................................................................88
Unclean Shutdowns.................................................................................................89
System Crashes / HP-UX Panics..............................................................................90
Single-User Mode.....................................................................................................90
Special Considerations for Shutting Down Certain Systems........................................90
Mail Server...............................................................................................................90
Name Server.............................................................................................................91
Network Gateway....................................................................................................91
NFS File Server.........................................................................................................91
NFS Client................................................................................................................92
Avoiding a Shutdown When Possible...........................................................................92
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