Booting hp-ux in single-user mode (efi shell) – HP BL860C User Manual
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Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 9
5.
Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces when finished using them.
Press Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP Main
Menu, enter
X
at the MP Main Menu.
Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode (EFI Shell)
To boot HP-UX in single-user mode from the EFI Shell:
1.
Stop the boot process at the
HPUX.EFI
interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt,
HPUX>
)
2.
Enter the
boot -is vmunix
command.
3.
Access the EFI Shell environment for the server on which you want to boot HP-UX in single-user
mode.
Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter
CO
to choose the system console.
Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager Menu (the main EFI menu) when accessing the
console. If you are at another EFI menu, choose the Exit option from the submenus until you
return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
From the EFI Boot Manager Menu, choose the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell
environment.
4.
Access the EFI System Partition by entering
fsX
.
where
X
is the file system number for the device used to boot HP-UX.
5.
When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device, issue the
HPUX
command
to initiate the
\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI
loader on the device you are accessing.
6.
Boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt (
HPUX>
) by pressing any key within the 10 seconds
given for interrupting the HP-UX boot process. Use the
HPUX.EFI
loader to boot HP-UX in
single-user mode in the next step.
After you press a key, the
HPUX.EFI
interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt,
HPUX>
)
launches. For help using the
HPUX.EFI
loader, enter the
help
command. To return to the
EFI Shell, enter
exit
.
fs0:\> hpux
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HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64 Revision 1.723
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 9
[User Types A Key to Stop the HP-UX Boot Process and Access the HPUX.EFI Loader ]
Type ’help’ for help
HPUX>
7.
At the
HPUX.EFI
interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt,
HPUX>
) enter the
boot -is
vmunix
command to boot HP-UX (the
/stand/vmunix
kernel) in single-user (
-is
) mode.
HPUX> boot -is vmunix
> System Memory = 4063 MB
loading section 0
................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
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