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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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1.  Booting and Shutting Down an x86 Based System (Overview)

2.  Booting an x86 Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Rebooting an x86 Based System (Tasks)

5.  Booting an x86 Based System From the Network (Tasks)

6.  Modifying Boot Parameters on an x86 Based System (Tasks)

7.  Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on x86 Platforms (Tasks)

8.  Keeping an x86 Based System Bootable (Tasks)

9.  Troubleshooting Booting an x86 Based System (Tasks)

Troubleshooting Booting an x86 Based System (Task Map)

Shutting Down and Booting an x86 Based System for Recovery Purposes

Stopping and Booting a System for Recovery Purposes

How to Stop a System for Recovery Purposes

How to Boot in Single-User Mode to Resolve a Bad root Shell or Password Problem

How to Boot From Media to Resolve an Unknown root Password

How to Boot From Media to Resolve a Problem With the menu.lst File That Prevents the System From Booting

Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger Enabled (kmdb)

Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot on the x86 Platform

Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur

Troubleshooting Conditions That Might Prevent Fast Reboot From Working on x86 Platforms

Index

Chapter 9

Troubleshooting Booting an x86 Based System (Tasks)

The following are procedures for troubleshooting booting an x86 based system.

The following is a list of the information that is in this chapter:

For information about stopping and starting Oracle Solaris for recovery purposes, if you are running a service processor, as well as instructions on controlling Oracle ILOM service processors, see the hardware documentation at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19694-01/E21741-02/index.html.

For information about how to resolve problems with the Oracle Solaris boot archives, see Maintaining the Integrity of the Boot Archives.

For information about troubleshooting booting on a SPARC based system, see Chapter 9, Troubleshooting Booting a SPARC Based System (Tasks), in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms.