SMF provides new methods for booting a system. For instance:
There is a additional system state which is associated with
the all
milestone. This milestone is different than the
multiuser init state because SMF only knows about the services
that are defined. If you have added services, such as third party products,
they may not be started automatically unless you use the following command:
ok boot -m milestone=all
If you boot a system using one of the milestones, it is important
to use the
s
option as well. If you do not include the
s
, then the system will stay in the milestone state that you booted
the system in. The system will not go into multiuser state automatically by
typing Control-D. You can get into the multiuser state by using the following
command:
# svcadm milestone all
When booting a system, you can choose to use the verbose option to see more messages. By default, the system will not display these messages. To boot in the verbose mode, use the following command:
ok boot -mverbose