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Preface

1.  Booting and Shutting Down a System (Overview)

2.  x86: Administering the GRand Unified Bootloader (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Booting a System (Tasks)

Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes

SPARC: Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes by Using the OpenBoot PROM

SPARC: How to Identify the PROM Revision Number of a System

SPARC: How to Identify Devices on a System

SPARC: How to Determine the Default Boot Device

SPARC: How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the Boot PROM

Setting EEPROM Parameters

SPARC: How to Set the Default Boot Device by Using the eeprom Utility

x86: Managing Shutdown Animation Through SMF

Booting a System

How Run Levels Work

What Happens When a System Is Booted to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

When to Use Run Levels or Milestones

Determining a System's Current Run Level

How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)

How to Boot a System Interactively

Booting From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

SPARC: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

x86: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

Rebooting a System

How to Reboot a System by Using the init Command

How to Reboot a System by Using the reboot Command

Accelerating the Reboot Process

x86: About the quiesce Function

How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a System

x86: Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Newly Activated Boot Environment

Changing the Default Fast Reboot Behavior

Initiating a Standard Reboot of a System That Has Fast Reboot Enabled

5.  Booting a System From the Network (Tasks)

6.  Troubleshooting Booting a System (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 4

Booting a System (Tasks)

This chapter provides task-related information for booting and rebooting an Oracle Solaris System. Any information in this chapter that applies only to SPARC or x86 based systems is identified as such.

This is a list of the information that is in this chapter:

For overview information about booting a system, see Chapter 1, Booting and Shutting Down a System (Overview).