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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
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
What's New in Shutting Down and Booting a System
Support for Fast Reboot on the SPARC Platform
Oracle Solaris Auto Registration Introduced
Automatic Boot Archive Recovery
SPARC Support for Install-Time Updates
Two-Terabyte Disk Support for Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 10
Oracle Solaris ZFS Boot Support
Support for Specifying Platform by Using bootadm Command
Redesign of SPARC Bootstrap Process
x86: Support for Using Power Button to Initiate System Shutdown
Where to Find Shut Down and Boot Tasks
Shut Down and Boot Terminology
Guidelines for Shutting Down a System
9. Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)
10. Shutting Down a System (Tasks)
11. Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)
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 the Oracle Solaris Auto Registration regadm Command (Tasks)
18. Managing Services (Overview)
20. Managing Software (Overview)
21. Managing Software With Oracle Solaris System Administration Tools (Tasks)
22. Managing Software by Using Oracle Solaris Package Commands (Tasks)
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. See x86: Support for Using Power Button to Initiate System Shutdown. 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 15, x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference).