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Configuring System Boot Options, Autoboot Setting

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Booting the Operating System Configuring System Boot Options At the EFI Shell, the bcfg command supports listing and managing the boot options list for all operating systems, except Microsoft Windows. On HP Integrity systems with Windows installed, the \MSUtil\nvrboot.efi utility is provided for managing Windows boot options from the EFI Shell. For HP Integrity systems with OpenVMS installed, the \efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi and \efi\vms\vms_show utilities are provided for managing OpenVMS boot options. The EFI Boot Configuration menu provides the Add a Boot Option, Delete Boot Option(s), and Change Boot Order menu items (use this method if you must add an EFI Shell entry to the boot options list). Operating system utilities for managing the boot options list include the HP-UX setboot command and the HP OpenVMS @SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM command. Refer to the following sections for details: - Setting HP-UX boot options (refer to "Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List" on page 82) - Setting OpenVMS boot options (refer to "Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List" on page 88) - Setting Windows boot options (refer to "Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List" on page 92) - Setting Linux boot options (refer to "Adding Linux to the Boot Options List" on page 96) • Autoboot Setting The autoboot setting determines, at startup, whether a system automatically loads the first item in the boot options list, or remains at the EFI Boot Manager menu. When autoboot is enabled, EFI loads the first item in the boot options list after a designated timeout period. Configure the autoboot setting for an HP Integrity system using either the autoboot EFI Shell command, or the Set Auto Boot TimeOut menu item from the EFI Boot Configuration menu. For example, from the EFI Shell to disable autoboot issue the autoboot off command. To enable autoboot with the default timeout value issue the autoboot on command. To enable autoboot with a timeout of 60 seconds issue the autoboot time 60 command. Set autoboot from HP-UX using the setboot command. Enable autoboot from HP-UX using the setboot -b on command. Disable autoboot using the setboot -b off command. Chapter 9 81

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Booting the Operating System
Configuring System Boot Options
Chapter 9
81
At the EFI Shell, the
bcfg
command supports listing and managing the boot options list for all operating
systems, except Microsoft Windows. On HP Integrity systems with Windows installed, the
\MSUtil\nvrboot.efi
utility is provided for managing Windows boot options from the EFI Shell. For HP
Integrity systems with OpenVMS installed, the
\efi\vms\vms_bcfg.efi
and
\efi\vms\vms_show
utilities are provided for managing OpenVMS boot options.
The EFI
Boot Configuration
menu provides the
Add a Boot Option
,
Delete Boot Option(s)
, and
Change Boot
Order
menu items (use this method if you must add an EFI Shell entry to the boot options list).
Operating system utilities for managing the boot options list include the HP-UX
setboot
command and
the HP OpenVMS
@SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM
command.
Refer to the following sections for details:
—
Setting HP-UX boot options (refer to “Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List” on page 82)
—
Setting OpenVMS boot options (refer to “Adding HP OpenVMS to the Boot Options List” on page 88)
—
Setting Windows boot options (refer to “Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List” on
page 92)
—
Setting Linux boot options (refer to “Adding Linux to the Boot Options List” on page 96)
•
Autoboot Setting
The
autoboot
setting determines, at startup, whether a system automatically loads the first item in the
boot options list, or remains at the EFI Boot Manager menu. When autoboot is enabled, EFI loads the
first item in the boot options list after a designated timeout period.
Configure the autoboot setting for an HP Integrity system using either the
autoboot
EFI Shell command,
or the
Set Auto Boot TimeOut
menu item from the EFI
Boot Configuration
menu.
For example, from the EFI Shell to disable autoboot issue the
autoboot off
command. To enable
autoboot with the default timeout value issue the
autoboot on
command. To enable autoboot with a
timeout of 60 seconds issue the
autoboot time 60
command.
Set autoboot from HP-UX using the
setboot
command. Enable autoboot from HP-UX using the
setboot
-b on
command. Disable autoboot using the
setboot -b off
command.