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

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Use this procedure to boot a system that is currently at run level 0 to run level 3. Any information in this procedure that applies to either the SPARC or x86 platforms is noted accordingly.

Assume the root role.
See Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .
Depending on the platform, do one of the following:
- For SPARC platforms:
  1. Bring the system to the ok PROM prompt.
```
# init 0
```
  2. Boot the system to run level 3.
```
ok boot
```
- For x86 platforms, reboot the system to run level 3.
```
# reboot
```
  The boot process displays a series of startup messages and brings the system to run level 3. For more information, see the boot(1M) and reboot(1M) man pages.

Verify that the system has booted to run level 3.
The login prompt is displayed when the boot process has finished successfully.
```
hostname console login:
```

Example 4-12 SPARC: Booting a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

The following example shows the messages from booting a SPARC based system to run level 3 after the boot process has started.

ok boot
Probing system devices
Probing memory
ChassisSerialNumber FN62030249
Probing I/O buses

.
.
.
.
OpenBoot 4.30.4.a, 8192 MB memory installed, Serial #51944031.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:18:9a:5f, Host ID: 83189a5f.
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a  File and args:
SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.2 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
misc/forthdebug (455673 bytes) loaded
Hardware watchdog enabled
Hostname: portia-123
NIS domain name is solaris.example.com

portia-123 console login: NIS domain name is solaris.example.com

Example 4-13 x86: Booting a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

The following example shows the messages when booting an x86 based system to run level 3 after the boot process has started. Because the Fast Reboot feature is the default in this release (on x86 platforms), booting the system with the reboot command initiates a fast reboot of the system, meaning the BIOS or UEFI firmware is bypassed. Also, the GRUB menu is not displayed during the system boot. If you need to access the system's firmware or edit the GRUB menu at boot time, use the reboot command with the –p option. See Initiating a Standard Reboot of a System That Has Fast Reboot Enabled.

~# reboot
Apr 23 13:30:29 system-04 reboot: initiated by ... on /dev/console
Terminated
system-04% updating /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
updating /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive

system-04 console login: syncing file systems... done
SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.2 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Hostname: system-04

system-04 console login: <username>
Password: xxxxxx
Last login: Mon Apr 23 11:06:05 on console
Oracle Corporation      SunOS 5.11      11.2    July 2014
# who -r
		run-level 3  Apr 23 13:31     3      0  S