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hpux.efi(1M)
hpux.efi(1M)
(Itanium(R)-based System Only)
setauto Operation
The
setauto
operation overwrites the contents of the
autoexec
file,
AUTO
, with the string specified.
showauto Operation
The
showauto
operation displays the contents of the
autoexec
file,
AUTO
. See
autoexecute
in the
EXAMPLES section.
EXAMPLES
Automatic Boot
This is an overview of HP-UX automatic boot processes on Itanium-based systems. When power is applied
to the HP-UX system processor, or the system Reset button is pressed, Itanium-based system firmware
code is executed to verify hardware and general system integrity (see boot(1M)). After initializing the
hardware, the EFI
boot_manager
is launched. The EFI
boot_manager
gives the user the option to
automatically start any EFI application. After
hpux.efi
is launched by the EFI
boot_manager
, it
looks for an
AUTO
file and uses its content for the boot string. Then it gives the user the option to override
the
autoboot
sequence by pressing any key:
*** HP-UX Boot Loader for IA-64 ***
*** Version
#
.
#
***
*** Type ’help’ for help
***
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
AUTO ==> boot vmunix -is
Seconds left till autoboot - 10
If
hpux.efi
does not detect a key press, it initiates the
autoboot
sequence using the
AUTO
string.
hpux.efi
displays messages similar to the following on the console:
AUTOBOOTING...
AUTO BOOT> boot vmunix -is
If
hpux.efi
successfully locates the kernel object file, it displays the progress of loading each sections
and the symbol table of the object file.
loading section 0
....................
loading section 1
......
Loading symbol table.
Num of Sec Header(79)
Then it displays the progress of loading system- and kernel configuration-specific directories.
Loading System Directory(boot.sys) to MFS
....
Loading Kernel Boot Directory(bootfs) to MFS
......
Finally,
boot
displays the complete path to the kernel object file loaded and the
TEXT
size,
DATA
size,
and
BSS
size of the load image before control is passed to the image.
Launching /stand/vmunix...
SIZE: Text: Data:1268K + BSS:2004K = Total:19581K
The loaded image then displays numerous configuration and status messages.
Interactive Boot
To use
hpux.efi
interactively, the user must interrupt the autoboot sequence by pressing a key or
removing the
AUTO
file. Then
hpux.efi
interactively prompts for commands.
HPUX>
SEE ALSO
boot(1M), hpux(1M), init(1M), inittab(4), efi(4).
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HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update