Booting The Suse Linux Enterprise Server Operating System; Shutting Down Linux - HP Integrity rx6600 User's & Service Manual

Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System

You can boot the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system on HP Integrity servers using one of these
methods:
Step 1. Select a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server entry from the
Step 2. To load the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system at the
its entry from the list of boot options.
Step 3. Select a Linux entry from the boot options list boots the operating system using ELILO.EFI loader
and the elilo.conf file
To boot SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 from the EFI Shell, follow these steps:
Step 1. Access the EFI Shell.
From the system console, select
Step 2. Access the EFI System Partition for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server boot device.
Use the map EFI Shell command to list the file systems (fs0, fs1, and so on) that are known and
mapped.
To select a file system to use, enter its mapped name followed by a colon (:). For example, to operate
with the boot device that is mapped as fs3, enter fs3: at the EFI Shell prompt.
Step 3. Enter ELILO at the EFI Shell command prompt to launch the ELILO.EFI loader.
If needed, you can specify the loader's full path by entering \efi\SuSE\elilo at the EFI Shell
command prompt.
Step 4. Allow the ELILO.EFI loader to proceed with booting the SuSE Linux kernel.
By default, the ELILO.EFI loader boots the kernel image and options specified by the default item
in the elilo.conf file.
To interact with the ELILO.EFI loader, interrupt the boot process, for example, type a space at the
ELILO boot prompt.
To exit the loader, use the exit command.

Shutting Down Linux

Use the shutdown command to shut down Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server shutdown command has the following
options:
Powers off the server after shutdown.
-h
Reboots after shutdown.
-r
Cancels a shutdown in progress.
-c
Required. Determines when to shut down. You can specify time in any of the following
time
ways:
• Absolute time in the format hh:mm, in which hh is the hour (one or two digits) and mm is
the minute (two digits).
Appendix B
from the
EFI Shell EFI Boot Manager
Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down Linux
menu.
EFI Boot Manager
EFI Boot Manager
menu to access the EFI Shell.
menu, select
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