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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)
2. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)
3. Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System
What's New in Shutting Down and Booting a System
Support for Fast Reboot on the SPARC Platform
Automatic Boot Archive Recovery
GNOME Restart Dialog Support for Fast Reboot
Support for Fast Reboot on the x86 Platform
Where to Find Shut Down and Boot Tasks
Shut Down and Boot Terminology
Guidelines for Shutting Down a System
4. Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)
5. Shutting Down a System (Tasks)
6. Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)
7. Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)
8. Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)
9. Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)
10. x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)
Keep the following in mind when you boot a system:
After a SPARC based system is shut down, it is booted by using the boot command at the PROM level.
After an x86 based system is shut down, it is booted by selecting an OS instance in the GRUB menu.
In the Solaris 9 release and some Oracle Solaris 10 releases, after an x86 based system is shut down, it is booted by using the boot command at the Primary Boot Subsystem menu.
A system can be rebooted by turning the power off and then back on.
![]() | Caution - This method is not considered a clean shutdown, unless you have an x86 based system that is running a release that supports this shutdown method. Use this shutdown method only as an alternative in emergency situations. Because system services and processes are terminated abruptly, file system damage is likely to occur. The work required to repair this type of damage could be substantial and might require the restoration of various user and system files from backup copies. |
SPARC and x86 based systems use different hardware components for booting. These differences are described in Chapter 10, x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference).