Booting Hp-Ux In Standard Mode; Booting Hp-Ux From The Efi Boot Manager - HP AB464-9003F Service Manual

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1.
Access the EFI Shell environment.
a. Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter the CO command to access the system console.
b. Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If you are at
another EFI menu, select Exit option from the submenus until you return to the screen
labeled EFI Boot Manager.
c. From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell
environment.
2.
Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device
from which you want to boot HP-UX.
For example, enter fs2: to access the EFI System Partition for the bootable file system
number 2. The EFI Shell prompt changes to reflect the file system currently accessed.
The full path for the HP-UX loader is \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI on the device you are
accessing.
3.
At the EFI Shell environment, use the bcfg command to manage the boot options list.
The bcfg command includes the following options for managing the boot options list:
bcfg boot dump
bcfg boot rm #
bcfg boot mv #a #b
bcfg boot add # file.efi "Description" Add a new boot option to the position in the boot
For example, bcfg boot add1 \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI "HP-UXi" adds an HP-UX 11i item as
the first entry in the boot options list.
See the help bcfg command.
4.
Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces if you are finished using them.
a. To exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu, press Control-B.
b. To exit the iLO 2 MP, enter X at the MP Main Menu.

Booting HP-UX in Standard Mode

Use either of the following procedures to boot HP-UX:
"Booting HP-UX From the EFI Boot Manager" (page 120)
"Booting HP-UX From the EFI Shell" (page 121)

Booting HP-UX From the EFI Boot Manager

From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list to boot HP-UX.
1.
Access the EFI Boot Manager menu for the system on which you want to boot HP-UX.
a. Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to select the system console.
b. Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu. If you are at another EFI menu,
select Exit from the submenus until you return to the screen labeled EFI Boot Manager.
2.
At the EFI Boot Manager menu, select an item from the boot options list.
Each item in the boot options list references a specific boot device and provides a specific
set of boot options or arguments you use when booting the device.
120 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
Displays all items in the boot options list for the
system.
Removes the item number specified by # from the
boot options list
Move the item number specified by #a to the position
specified by #b in the boot list.
options list specified by #. The new boot option
references file.efi and is listed with the title specified
by Description.

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