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

boot kernel Specifies to boot from the named kernel file. For
example: setauto boot testvmunix creates
an AUTO file that contains only the boot
testvmunix command.
boot option kernel Specifies to boot the specified kernel file using
the loader option given. For example: setauto
boot -is vmunix command creates an AUTO
file containing boot -is vmunix (which
indicates to boot in single-user mode, as specified
by the -is option).
See the hpux(1M) manpage for details on loader
options, which include LVM maintenance mode
(-lm), VxVM maintenance mode (-vm), tunable
maintenance mode (-tm), and others.
4. Enter the showauto command again to verify the AUTO file’s new configuration.
Procedure 2-8 Changing AUTO from a Running HP-UX Environment
Changing the AUTO file for a given HP-UX boot device from within a running HP-UX
operating system is a three step process:
1. Copy the AUTO file from the EFI partition on the boot device to a file on an HP-UX
file system.
2. Edit the contents of the AUTO file to reflect the new settings.
3. Copy the edited AUTO file back to the EFI partition on the boot device.
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