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1.  Oracle Solaris Management Tools (Road Map)

2.  Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks)

3.  Working With the Oracle Java Web Console (Tasks)

4.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

5.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

6.  Managing Client-Server Support (Overview)

7.  Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

8.  Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

9.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

10.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

11.  Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

Modifying Boot Behavior on SPARC Based Systems (Task Map)

SPARC: Using the Boot PROM

SPARC: How to Find the PROM Revision Number for 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

SPARC: How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the eeprom Command

SPARC: Resetting the System

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

SPARC: How to Change the Default Kernel by Using the eeprom Command

SPARC Support for ITU Construction Tools

SPARC: How to Boot a System With a Newly Created ITU

Modifying Boot Behavior on x86 Based Systems (Task Map)

Modifying Boot Behavior on x86 Based Systems

x86: How to Modify Boot Behavior by Using the eeprom Command

x86: Modifying Boot Behavior by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time

Editing the GRUB Menu in Oracle Solaris 10

Boot Arguments That Can Be Specified by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time

x86: How to Modify Boot Behavior by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time

x86: Modifying Boot Behavior by Editing the menu.lst File

x86: How to Modify Boot Behavior by Editing the menu.lst File

x86: Locating the Active GRUB menu.lst File

x86: Implementation of the findroot Command

x86: How to Add GRUB Menu Entries That Use the findroot Command

12.  Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

13.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

14.  Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

15.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

16.  x86: Booting a System That Does Not Implement GRUB (Tasks)

17.  Working With Oracle Configuration Manager

18.  Managing Services (Overview)

19.  Managing Services (Tasks)

20.  Managing Software (Overview)

21.  Managing Software With Oracle Solaris System Administration Tools (Tasks)

22.  Managing Software by Using Oracle Solaris Package Commands (Tasks)

23.  Managing Patches

A.  SMF Services

Index

Chapter 11

Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

This chapter provides information about modifying boot behavior on Solaris systems.

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

For what's new in booting and general overview information about the boot process, see Chapter 8, Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System.

For step-by-step instructions on booting an Oracle Solaris system, see Chapter 12, Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks).