PNG  IHDR;IDATxܻn0K )(pA 7LeG{ §㻢|ذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lom$^yذag5bÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذa{ 6lذaÆ `}HFkm,mӪôô! x|'ܢ˟;E:9&ᶒ}{v]n&6 h_tڠ͵-ҫZ;Z$.Pkž)!o>}leQfJTu іچ\X=8Rن4`Vwl>nG^is"ms$ui?wbs[m6K4O.4%/bC%t Mז -lG6mrz2s%9s@-k9=)kB5\+͂Zsٲ Rn~GRC wIcIn7jJhۛNCS|j08yiHKֶۛkɈ+;SzL/F*\Ԕ#"5m2[S=gnaPeғL lذaÆ 6l^ḵaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذa; _ذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذaÆ RIENDB` How to boot an IA64 with EFI shell? ================================== The following procedure can be handy is the default menu entries of the EFI BIOS do not work for some reason, e.g. Loading.: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Load of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server failed: Not Found Press any key to continue After pressing any key the following menu will re-appear: EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] Firmware ver 1.32 [4642] Please select a boot option Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Debian GNU/Linux iLO Virtual Media Core LAN Gb A Core LAN Gb B EFI Shell [Built-in] Internal Bootable DVD Boot Option Maintenance Menu System Configuration Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option When you see above menu use the arrow keys to select "EFI Shell" The system will do the following: Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in] EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62] Device mapping table fs0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|1)/Usb(0, 0)/CDROM(Entry0) fs1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6E892,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig91DAE95E-CED8-48B8-A852-1A484150DD8C) fs2 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6ECB2,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig9B95F64C-840E-4D5E-A33F-1526ECDD4874) blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|1)/Usb(0, 0) blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|1)/Usb(0, 0)/CDROM(Entry0) blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|1)/Usb(0, 0)/CDROM(Entry1) blk3 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6E892,Lun0) blk4 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6E892,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig91DAE95E-CED8-48B8-A852-1A484150DD8C) blk5 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6E892,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig3CBAF54B-9FC8-46AB-9F56-3132563FEA1A) blk6 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6E892,Lun0)/HD(Part3,SigBA950E2C-9568-4F1B-9D18-3EAB0E472AAA) blk7 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6ECB2,Lun0) blk8 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6ECB2,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig9B95F64C-840E-4D5E-A33F-1526ECDD4874) blk9 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,400)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr500000E012E6ECB2,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig098B63E6-6961-417E-8F23-7E809E0EF94D) At the Shell> prompt select the disk you want, e.g. Shell> fs2: Just like with a DOS command prompt use cd and dir commands to view the FAT16 content: fs2:\> cd efi fs2:\EFI> dir Directory of: fs2:\EFI 06/28/07 10:09a 2,048 . 06/28/07 10:09a 0 .. 11/30/07 10:31a 2,048 Intel Firmware 11/30/07 10:37a 2,048 redhat 08/26/08 03:11p 2,048 rear 07/12/07 03:55p 2,048 recovery 0 File(s) 0 bytes 6 Dir(s) fs2:\EFI> cd redhat To boot redhat just enter: fs2:\EFI\redhat> elilo ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... done Loading file initrd... Just let it boot 'till you get the login prompt. Feedback on the above? Use 'rear validate' to mail us your comments.