Booting And Shutting Down Linux; Adding Linux To The Boot Options List - HP Integrity rx6600 User's & Service Manual

Booting and Shutting Down Linux

This section covers booting and shutting down Linux on entry class HP servers. Procedures for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server are included in this section.
• To add a Linux entry to the boot options list, see "Adding Linux to the Boot Options List" on page 219.
• To boot Linux on entry class HP Integrity servers, use the following procedures:
— See "Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System" on page 220
— See "Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System" on page 221
• To shut down either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, see "Shutting Down
Linux" on page 221.

Adding Linux to the Boot Options List

This section describes how to add a Linux entry to the system boot options list. The processes for adding both
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Servers are included.
NOTE On HP Integrity servers, the operating system installer automatically adds an entry to the boot
options list.
To add a Linux item to the boot options list, follow these steps:
Step 1. Access the EFI Shell environment.
Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to access the system console.
Confirm that you are at the
the submenus until you return to the
Select
EFI Shell
Step 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. It is on the
device you are accessing.
The full path for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server loader is \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi. It is on the
device you are accessing.
Step 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 — Displays all items in the boot options list for the system.
• bcfg boot rm # — Removes the item number specified by # from the boot options list.
• bcfg boot mv #a #b — Moves the item number specified by #a to the position specified by #b
in the boot options list.
Appendix B
EFI Boot Manager
EFI Boot Manager
to access the EFI Shell environment.
Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
menu. If you are at another EFI menu, select
screen.
Booting and Shutting Down Linux
Exit
from
219