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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
Fundamentals of the Oracle Solaris Boot Design
Overview of the SPARC Boot Architecture
Support for Booting Multiple Kernels
Implementation of the Boot Archives on SPARC
x86: Overview of the GRUB Bootloader
x86: Support for the findroot Command
x86: Fast Reboot Feature Enhancements
Booting From an Oracle Solaris ZFS Root File System
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)
This chapter provides an overview of booting a system. The Oracle Solaris boot design, boot processes, and various methods of booting a system are described.
This is a list of the information that is in this chapter:
For more information on a specific topic, see the following references:
For what's new in shutting down and booting a system, see What's New in Shutting Down and Booting a System.
For instructions on booting an Oracle Solaris system, see Chapter 7, Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)
For overview information and instructions on administering boot loaders and modifying boot behavior, see Chapter 6, Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks).