Booting The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System - HP Integrity rx6600 User's & Service Manual

Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down Linux
• bcfg boot add # file.efi "Description" — Adds a new boot option to the position in the
boot options list specified by #. The new boot option references file.efi and is listed with the
title specified by Description.
For example, bcfg boot add 1 \EFI\redhat\elilo.efi "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
adds a Red Hat Enterprise Linux item as the first entry in the boot options list.
Likewise, bcfg boot add 1 \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi "SLES 9" adds a SuSE Linux item as the
first entry in the boot options list.
See the help bcfg command for details.
Step 4. Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces if you are finished using them.
Press
Control+B
To exit the iLO 2 MP, enter X at the main menu.

Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

You can boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on HP Integrity servers using one of the
following methods:
Step 1. Select a Red Hat Enterprise Linux entry from the
Step 2. To load the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system at the
entry from the list of boot options.
Step 3. Select a Linux entry from the boot options list boots the operating system using ELILO.EFI loader
and the elilo.conf file
To boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Shell, follow these steps:
Step 1. Access the EFI Shell.
From the system console, select
Step 2. Access the EFI System Partition for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot device.
Use the map EFI Shell command to list the file systems (fs0, fs1, and so on) that are known and
mapped.
To select a file system to use, enter its mapped name followed by a colon (:). For example, to operate
with the boot device that is mapped as fs3, enter fs3: at the EFI Shell prompt.
Step 3. Enter ELILO at the EFI Shell command prompt to launch the ELILO.EFI loader.
If needed, you can specify the loader's full path by entering \EFI\redhat\elilo at the EFI Shell
command prompt.
Step 4. Allow the ELILO.EFI loader to proceed with booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel.
By default, the ELILO.EFI loader boots the kernel image and options specified by the default item
in the elilo.conf file.
To interact with the ELILO.EFI loader, interrupt the boot process, for example, type a space at the
ELILO boot prompt.
To exit the loader, use the exit command.
220
to exit the system console and return to the
EFI Shell
MP Main Menu
EFI Boot Manager
EFI Boot Manager
from the
EFI Boot Manager
.
menu.
menu, select its
menu to access the shell.
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