<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Preparing to boot</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Supported Hardware" HREF="hardware.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="BOOT_ADMIN" HREF="bootadmin.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="chapter" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="hardware.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="bootadmin.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="chapter" ><H1 ><A NAME="preparation" ></A >Chapter 2. Preparing to boot</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="bootadmin.html" ><B CLASS="command" >BOOT_ADMIN</B ></A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1.1. <A HREF="bootadmin.html#enterbootadmin" >Entering the <B CLASS="command" >BOOT_ADMIN</B > interface</A ></DT ><DT >2.1.2. <A HREF="bootadmin.html#bootadminhelp" ><B CLASS="command" >BOOT_ADMIN</B > commands</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="consoles.html" >Consoles</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.2.1. <A HREF="consoles.html#graphicsconsole" >Using graphic console</A ></DT ><DT >2.2.2. <A HREF="consoles.html#serialconsole" >Using serial console</A ></DT ><DT >2.2.3. <A HREF="consoles.html#switchingconsoles" >Switching consoles</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="highlights" ><A NAME="AEN198" ></A ><P >Like any other system, machines based on PA-RISC processors have to go through several steps in order to get Linux up and running. The next section introduces you to the early boot management of your PA-RISC computer. (By the way, to be a bit less awkward, we might from time to time call it a <EM >'PA'</EM > box). This chapter will give you some key concepts like <B CLASS="command" >BOOT_ADMIN</B >.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="hardware.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="bootadmin.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Supported Hardware</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><B CLASS="command" >BOOT_ADMIN</B ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >