Creating A New Boot File Using The Efi Shell - HP Integrity rx1620 Software Manual

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5.
Enter the following:
load vfloppy.efi
6.
Enter the following:
map -r
You cannot unload or change the virtual floppy file system unless you reset the computer.
CAUTION:
third-party SCSI or RAID driver. Do not press F6. Pressing F6 forces Windows to look for
the driver on a physical floppy drive, which does not exist. The driver is loaded in memory
and installed automatically.
System Inventory — Retrieves system information and displays a report of the system
hardware.
Pre-OS Configuration Checking — Performs the following checks on cell-based systems
only and is available only on cell-based systems:
— All. Displays a message stating that these are checks on cell-based systems only and
performs all checks if appropriate.
— ACPI. Checks that the ACPI configuration setting is set to windows. If it is not set to
windows, execute the acpiconfig command in the EFI Shell, and then enter the reset
command to reboot with the configuration set to windows.
— CLM. Checks if a cell has the optimal amount of memory allocated. You can configure
CLM for each cell either as a percentage of the total memory in the cell or as an absolute
number of gigabytes. For Windows, HP recommends assigning 100% CLM for each cell
in the partition. See the nPartition Guide located on the HP Smart Setup media at:
\contents\doc\en_us\npartition.pdf
NOTE:
must set the ACPI configuration value of an nPartition to windows.
Intel Disk Tools
— Access these tools. Displays a message stating that you must enter the EFI shell and
go to the \efi\efi_utils directory to use Diskpart, Efifmt, or Efichk.
— Diskpart. Creates and manages disk partitions.
— Efifmt. Formats the disk for use with EFI.
— Efichk. Checks the disk and displays a status report. This tool fixes some disk errors
and recovers readable information from the disk.
Install/Update Support Tools — Copies support tools to the HPSP partition and installs a
Python interpreter. These tools are for use only by HP Support.

Creating a new boot file using the EFI Shell

If the boot000x file is missing after you install Windows Server 2003, use the following procedure
to create a new boot file.
1.
Remove all media from the DVD drive.
2.
Select EFI Shell[Built-in] from the EFI Boot Manager.
3.
Enter fs0: at the EFI Shell prompt.
4.
Enter cd MSUTIL at the fs0:> prompt.
5.
Execute the NVRBOOT.EFI boot utility at the fs0:\MSUTIL> prompt.
6.
Enter X to export the current EFI boot content to the boot file.
7.
Select the first entry with the text Windows Server 2003.
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EFI Utilities
When Windows installation begins, you are prompted to press F6 to install a
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, to boot the Windows operating system, you

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