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2.
Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device
from which you want to boot Linux.
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux loader is \EFI\redhat\elilo.efi and it
is on the device you are accessing.
The full path for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server loader is \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi, and
it is on the device you are accessing.
3.
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"
See the help bcfg command.
4.
Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces if you are finished using them.
Press Control-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the
iLO 2 MP, enter X at the MP Main Menu.
Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System
You can boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on Integrity servers using either of
these methods:
"Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Boot Manager Menu" (page 131)
"Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Shell" (page 132)
Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Boot Manager Menu
NOTE:
If Red Hat is booted from the iLO 2 MP, set console=ttyS0 at the elilo prompt to
redirect console output to the iLO 2 MP.
1.
Select a Red Hat Enterprise Linux entry from the EFI Boot Manager menu.
2.
To load the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system at the EFI Boot Manager menu,
select its entry from the list of boot options.
3.
Selecting a Linux entry from the boot options list boots the operating system using
ELILO.EFI loader and the elilo.conf file.
Displays all items in the boot options list for the
system.
Removes the item number specified by # from the
boot options list.
Moves the item number specified by #a to the position
specified by #b in the boot options list.
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.
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