Booting the suse linux enterprise server – HP BL860C User Manual
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4.
Allow the
ELILO.EFI
loader to proceed with booting the Red Hat Enterprise 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, enter a
space) at the
ELILO boot
prompt. To exit the loader, use the
exit
command.
Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System
You can boot the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system on HP Integrity servers using
either of these methods:
•
Choose a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server entry from the EFI Boot Manager Menu.
To load the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system at the EFI Boot Manager Menu,
choose its entry from the list of boot options.
Choosing a Linux entry from the boot options list boots the operating system using
ELILO.EFI
loader and the
elilo.conf
file.
•
Initiate the
ELILO.EFI
Linux loader from the EFI Shell. For details, see
Enterprise Server from the EFI Shell” (page 84)
On a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server boot device EFI System Partition, the full paths to the loader
and configuration files are:
\efi\SuSE\elilo.efi
and
\efi\SuSE\elilo.conf
.
After choosing the file system for the boot device (for example,
fs0:
) you can initiate the
Linux loader from the EFI Shell prompt by entering the full path for the
ELILO.EFI
loader.
By default, the
ELILO.EFI
loader boots Linux using the kernel image and parameters specified
by the default entry in the
elilo.conf
file on the EFI System Partition for the boot device.
To interact with the
ELILO.EFI
loader, interrupt the boot process (for example, enter a space)
at the
ELILO boot
prompt. To exit the
ELILO.EFI
loader, use the
exit
command.
Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server from the EFI Shell
To boot SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from the EFI Shell:
1.
Access the EFI Shell.
From the system console, choose the EFI Shell entry from the EFI Boot Manager Menu to access
the shell.
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 choose 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.
3.
Enter
ELILO
at the EFI Shell command prompt to launch the
ELILO.EFI
loader.
If needed, you can specify the loader path by entering
\efi\SuSE\elilo
at the EFI Shell
command prompt.
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, enter a
space) at the
ELILO boot
prompt. To exit the loader, use the
exit
command.
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Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System