HP-UX IPF Bootloader

HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) IPF bootloader allows you to locate and boot the desired HP-UX kernel. Because the HP-UX IPF bootloader can boot from the VxFS file system, it is not necessary for /stand to be an HFS file system.

When an Itanium-based system boots, you are placed in either the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) boot manager or the EFI shell. The HP-UX IPF bootloader is a native EFI application that can be launched from either application. To boot any machine with HP-UX, the HP-UX IPF bootloader must be placed in the EFI partition of the boot disk.

IPF Bootloader Compatibility

The HP-UX IPF bootloader is not compatible with the HP-UX PA bootloader. It can not boot a PA kernel and can not be used in a PA machine.

IPF Bootloader Documentation

For more information, see the boot(1M), hpux(1M), isl(1M) and pdc(1M) manual pages.