Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting - Booting and Shutting Down Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Systems

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Chapter 1 Booting and Shutting Down a System (Overview)

What's New in Booting and Shutting Down a System

Guidelines for Booting a System

Reasons to Boot a System

Overview of the Oracle Solaris Boot Architecture

Description of the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives

Description of the Boot Process

x86: Differences Between UEFI and BIOS Boot Methods

x86: Creating Boot Partitions That Support Systems With UEFI and BIOS Firmware

Service Management Facility and Booting

Changes in Boot Behavior When Using SMF

Chapter 2 x86: Administering the GRand Unified Bootloader (Tasks)

x86: Introducing GRUB 2

x86: Description of the GRUB 2 Configuration

x86: GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme

x86: GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison

x86: Upgrading Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2

x86: How to Upgrade Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2

x86: How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2

x86: Maintaining GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Boot Environments on the Same System

x86: Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command

x86: How to List GRUB Menu Entries

x86: How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu

x86: How to Maintain the GRUB Menu

x86: How to Set Attributes for a Specified Boot Entry in the GRUB Menu

x86: How to Add a Boot Entry to the GRUB Menu

x86: How to Remove a Boot Entry From the GRUB Menu

x86: Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time

x86: Adding B prop=val Kernel Arguments at Boot Time by Editing the GRUB Menu

Redirecting the Oracle Solaris Console at Boot Time

x86: Customizing the GRUB Configuration

x86: Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting

x86: Installing GRUB 2 by Using the bootadm install-bootloader Command

x86: How to Install the Boot Loader

x86: How to Install GRUB in a Location Other Than the Default Location

x86: Installing GRUB Legacy on a System That Has GRUB 2 Installed

x86: How to Install GRUB Legacy on a System That Has GRUB 2 Installed

Chapter 3 Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

Shutting Down a System

Guidelines for Shutting Down a System

System Shutdown Commands

Shutting Down a System

How to Determine Who Is Logged in to the System

How to Shut Down a System by Using the shutdown Command

How to Shut Down a Stand-Alone System by Using the init Command

Turning Off Power to System Devices

Chapter 4 Booting a System (Tasks)

Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes

SPARC: Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes by Using the OpenBoot PROM

SPARC: How to Identify the PROM Revision Number of 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

Working With EEPROM Parameters

EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems

Viewing EEPROM Parameters

SPARC: How to Set a Boot Attribute

How to Delete a UEFI EEPROM Parameter

x86: Managing Shutdown Animation Through SMF

Booting a System

How Run Levels Work

What Happens When a System Is Booted to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

When to Use Run Levels or Milestones

Determining a System's Current Run Level

How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)

How to Boot a System Interactively

Booting From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

SPARC: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

x86: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment

Rebooting a System

How to Reboot a System by Using the init Command

How to Reboot a System by Using the reboot Command

Accelerating the Reboot Process

x86: About the quiesce Function

How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a System

x86: Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Newly Activated Boot Environment

Changing the Default Fast Reboot Behavior

Initiating a Standard Reboot of a System That Has Fast Reboot Enabled

Chapter 5 Booting a System From the Network (Tasks)

SPARC: Booting a System From the Network

SPARC: Network Boot Processes

SPARC: Requirements for Booting a System From the Network

SPARC: Setting Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

SPARC: How to Specify Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM

SPARC: Setting Up an NVRAM Alias to Automatically Boot by Using DHCP

SPARC: How to Boot a System From the Network

x86: Booting a System From the Network

x86: Requirements for Booting a System From the Network

x86: Where the GRUB 2 PXE Boot Image Is Installed

x86: Booting Systems With UEFI and BIOS Firmware From the Network

x86: How to Boot a System From the Network

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Booting a System (Tasks)

Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives

How to List Contents of the Boot Archive

Managing the boot-archive SMF Service

How to Enable or Disable the boot-archive SMF Service

How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Manually Updating the Boot Archive

x86: How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update on a System That Does Not Support Fast Reboot

Shutting Down and Booting a System for Recovery Purposes

SPARC: How to Stop a System for Recovery Purposes

x86: How to Stop and Reboot a System for Recovery Purposes

How to Boot to a Single-User State to Resolve a Bad root Shell or Password Problem

How to Boot From Media to Resolve an Unknown root Password

x86: How to Boot From Media to Resolve a Problem With the GRUB Configuration That Prevents the System From Booting

Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

SPARC: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

x86: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

Booting a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled

SPARC: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled

x86: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled

x86: Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot

x86: Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur

x86: Conditions Under Which Fast Reboot Might Not Work

Troubleshooting Issues With Booting and the Service Management Facility

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x86: Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting

The following information is provided in this section:

Installing GRUB 2 by Using the bootadm install-bootloader Command
How to Install GRUB Legacy on a System That Has GRUB 2 Installed