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Installing HP-UX
Booting from Media (All Series)
1. Check the hardware.
2. Press x Enter.
3. Type s Enter to initiate another search.
4. At the prompt "Enter boot selection", enter the "Pn" device
selection for the device containing your install media.
If you know the SCSI address of the boot device beforehand, you can skip
the search and simply type the following at the "Select from menu"
prompt:
b scsi.x
Time Note After you have selected your boot device, loading the install kernel on a
Workstation should take 3 to 5 minutes. After this you will be ready to
interact with the rest of the HP-UX Install Utility to load the remainder
of your system.
Server (Series 800) Boot Process
As noted previously, you can halt the autoboot process and use the
autoboot commands. To do so, press any key during the autoboot process
to display a Main Menu similar to the following:
Newer Series 800 Boot
Menu
Figure 2-4
- Main Menu
Command Description
- -
BOot [PRI|ALT|<path>] Boot from specified path
PAth [PRI|ALT] [<path>] Display or modify a path
SEArch [DIsplay|IPL] [<path>] Search for boot devices
COnfiguration menu Displays or sets boot values
INformation menu Displays hardware information
SERvice menu Displays service commands
DIsplay Redisplay the current menu
HElp [<menu>|<command>] Display help for menu or command
RESET Restart the system
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Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
The capital letters in each command represent the minimum characters
(mnemonics) you need to type in order to launch that command.