Create A Bootable Usb Flash Device On A Linux Workstation; Boot From The Usb Flash Device; Efi Shell Window - HP Integrity rx1620 Deployment Manual

Create a bootable USB flash device on a Linux workstation

To create a bootable USB flash device:
1. Insert the USB flash device and determine the name of the device.
2. Format the USB flash device with FAT file system:
mkdosfs
3. Create a directory and mount the USB flash device on this directory:
mkdir –p /mntmount /dev/sda1 /mnt
4. Create the bootable directory for Integrity servers (/efi/boot):
mkdir –p /mnt/efi/boot
5. Copy the boot files from the toolkit tar file to the /mnt/efi/boot directory:
bootia64.efi
elilo.efi
elilo.conf (bootloader options)
rootfs.gz (Linux file system)
linux (Linux kernel)
6. Unmount the USB device.
umount /mnt

Boot from the USB flash device

1. Insert the USB flash device into an Integrity server.
2. From the EFI shell, enter map –r
device should display with a file system.
Figure 4-8 EFI shell Window
3. Enter the EFI Boot Manager menu, and select Boot Configuration
4. Select Add Boot Option to add Removable Media Boot for the USB device.
56 Setting up the boot mechanism
-I /dev/sda1
(Figure 4-8) to refresh the USB device discovery. The USB
(Figure 4-9).