HP Integrity Server rx4640 Booting and Shutting Down Linux, Adding Linux to the Boot Options List

Booting the Operating System

Booting and Shutting Down Linux

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 given in this section.

•To add a Linux entry to the boot options list, see “Adding Linux to the Boot Options List” on page 157.

•To boot Linux on entry-class HP Integrity servers, use the following procedures.

—For details on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see “Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System” on page 158

—For details on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, see “Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System” on page 159.

•To shut down either Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, see “Shutting Down Linux” on page 160.

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 given here.

You can add the \EFI\redhat\elilo.efi loader or the \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi loader to the boot options list from the EFI Shell or EFI Boot Configuration menu (or in some versions of EFI, the Boot Option Maintenance Menu).

NOTE	On HP Integrity servers, the operating system installer automatically adds an entry to the boot
	options list.

Step 1. Access the EFI Shell environment.

Log in to the management processor and enter CO to access the system console.

When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu). If you are at another EFI menu, choose the Exit option from the submenus until you return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.

From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell environment.

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 and it should be on the device you are accessing.

The full path for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server loader is \efi\SuSE\elilo.efi and it should be on the device you are accessing.

Step 3. At the EFI Shell environment, use the bcfg command to manage the boot options list.

The bcfg command includes the following options for managing the boot options list:

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