The following table lists system administration tasks and the corresponding boot option that is used to complete the task.
Table 8.2. Booting a System
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Reason for System Reboot |
Appropriate Boot Option |
Information for SPARC Based System Procedure |
Information for x86 Based Systems Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
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Turn off system power due to anticipated power outage. |
Turn system power back on |
Chapter 9, Shutting Down a System (Tasks) |
Chapter 9, Shutting Down a System (Tasks) |
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Change kernel parameters in the |
Reboot the system to run level 3 (multiuser level with NFS resources shared) |
How to Boot a System to Run Level 3 (Multiuser Level) |
How to Boot a System to Run Level 3 (Multiuser Level) |
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Perform file system maintenance, such as backing up or restoring system data. |
Press Control-D from run level S to bring the system back to run level 3 |
How to Boot a System to Run Level S (Single-User Level) |
How to Boot a System to Run Level S (Single-User Level) |
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Repair a system configuration file such as |
Interactive boot |
How to Boot a System Interactively |
How to Boot a System Interactively |
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Add or remove hardware from the system. |
Reconfiguration boot (also to turn on system power after adding or removing hardware) |
Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems |
Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems |
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Boot the system by using the kernel debugger (kmdb) to track down a system problem. |
Booting kmdb |
How to Boot the System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) |
Solaris Express 6/05: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger in the GRUB Based Boot Environment (kmdb) Solaris 10: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) |
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To repair an important system file that is causing system boot failure |
Solaris Express 6/05: Boot the failsafe archive Recovery boot |
NoteGRUB based booting is not available on SPARC based systems in this Solaris release. How to Boot a System for Recovery Purposes |
:Solaris Express 6/05: How to Boot the Failsafe Archive for Recovery Purposes Solaris 10: How to Boot a System for Recovery Purposes |
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To recover from a hung system and force a crash dump |
Recovery boot |
See example for How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System |
See example for How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System |