Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode

Shell> fs0:

fs0:\> hpux

HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64 Revision 1.723

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot \efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix Seconds left till autoboot - 9

5.Exit the console and iLO 2 MP interfaces when finished using them.

Press Control-Bto exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the iLO 2 MP, enter X at the Main Menu.

To boot HP-UX in single-user mode, follow these steps:

1.Access the EFI Shell environment for the system on which you want to boot HP-UX in single-user mode.

a.Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to select the system console.

b.Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu. If you are at another EFI menu, select Exit from the submenus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.

c.From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.

2.Access the EFI System Partition (fsX: where X is the file system number) for the device from which you want to boot HP-UX.

3.Issue the HPUX command to initiate the \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI loader on the device you are accessing.

4.Boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt (HPUX>) by pressing any key within the 10 seconds given for interrupting the HP-UX boot process.

After you press a key, the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>) launches. For help using the HPUX.EFI loader, enter the help command. To return to the EFI Shell, enter exit.

fs0:\> hpux

HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64			Revision 1.723
Press Any	Key to interrupt	Autoboot
efi hpux	AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot		-	9

[User types a key to stop the HP-UX boot process and access the HPUX.EFI loader. ]

Type ’help’ for help

HPUX>

5.At the HPUX.EFI (HPUX>) enter the boot -is vmunix command to boot HP-UX in single-user mode.

HPUX> boot -is vmunix

>System Memory = 4063 MB loading section 0

................................................... (complete) loading section 1

........ (complete)

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