218 lines
2.9 KiB
HTML
218 lines
2.9 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<HTML
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><TITLE
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>Preparing to boot</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Supported Hardware"
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HREF="hardware.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="BOOT_ADMIN"
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HREF="bootadmin.html"></HEAD
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><BODY
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CLASS="chapter"
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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><TR
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><TH
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COLSPAN="3"
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ALIGN="center"
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>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</TH
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="left"
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>Prev</A
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="100%"></DIV
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CLASS="chapter"
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><H1
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NAME="preparation"
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>Chapter 2. Preparing to boot</H1
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><DIV
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CLASS="TOC"
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><DL
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><DT
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.1. <A
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HREF="bootadmin.html"
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><B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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></A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>2.1.1. <A
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HREF="bootadmin.html#enterbootadmin"
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>Entering the <B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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> interface</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.1.2. <A
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HREF="bootadmin.html#bootadminhelp"
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><B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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> commands</A
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="consoles.html"
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>Consoles</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>2.2.1. <A
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HREF="consoles.html#graphicsconsole"
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>Using graphic console</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.2.2. <A
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HREF="consoles.html#serialconsole"
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>Using serial console</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.2.3. <A
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HREF="consoles.html#switchingconsoles"
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>Switching consoles</A
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CLASS="highlights"
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><P
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>Like any other system, machines based on PA-RISC processors have to
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go through several steps in order to get Linux up and running. The next
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section introduces you to the early boot management of your PA-RISC computer.
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(By the way, to be a bit less awkward, we might from time to time call it a
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<EM
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>'PA'</EM
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> box). This chapter will give you some
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key concepts like <B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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>.</P
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></DIV
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SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="hardware.html"
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ACCESSKEY="P"
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>Prev</A
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Home</A
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>Next</A
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Supported Hardware</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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> </TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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><B
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CLASS="command"
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>BOOT_ADMIN</B
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