Skip Navigation Links | |
Exit Print View | |
Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Booting and Shutting Down an x86 Based System (Overview)
2. Booting an x86 Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)
3. Shutting Down a System (Tasks)
4. Rebooting an x86 Based System (Tasks)
5. Booting an x86 Based System From the Network (Tasks)
6. Modifying Boot Parameters on an x86 Based System (Tasks)
7. Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on x86 Platforms (Tasks)
Keeping an x86 Based System Bootable (Task Map)
Description of the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives
Obtaining Information About the Location and Contents of the x86 Boot Archive
How to List the Contents of the Boot Archive
Managing the Boot Archive SMF Service
Determining Whether the boot-archive SMF Service Is Running
How to Enable or Disable the boot-archive SMF Service
Maintaining the Integrity of the Boot Archives
How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Using the auto-reboot-safe Property
How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Manually Updating the Boot Archive
This chapter describes how the keep an x86 based system bootable by using the boot administration interface (bootadm). Procedures for displaying information about the boot archive and for maintaining the integrity of boot archive, as well as troubleshooting boot archive issues, are described.
The following is a list of the information that is in this chapter:
For overview information about booting an x86 based system, see Chapter 1, Booting and Shutting Down an x86 Based System (Overview).
For information about keeping a SPARC based system bootable, see Chapter 8, Keeping a SPARC Based System Bootable (Tasks), in Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms.