Chapter 14. System Startup and Shutdown
Chapter Syllabus
14.1 Introduction to the Boot Process
14.2 Processor Dependent Code
14.3 Boot Area on the System Disk
14.4 Initial System Loader
14.5 Loading the HP-UX Kernel
14.6 The init Process
14.7 Runlevels
14.8 Adding a Program to Run at Boot Time
14.9 System Shutdown
Understanding of the system startup and shutdown processes is very important both for routine system administration and troubleshooting. Every HP-9000 server or workstation is supplied with boot code that resides on ROM. As soon as you power on the system, this code executes and performs self-tests and some initialization tasks. It then loads the HP-UX kernel and hands control over to it. The kernel does a number of system initialization tasks ...
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