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

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’s technical documentation web site:
http://docs.hp.com
• 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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