How can I get vparboot to stop at the ISL prompt

[S.Rider]

I want to boot one of 3 vpars on a SuperDome and have it stop at the ISL prompt so I can boot off a tape. When I vparboot it, I never get the chance to "hit enter within 10 seconds". What am I missing ?

[Mark Nieuwboer · Accepted solution]

You don't get a ISL prompt of vpar.
If you want that you have to stop all vpars and than reboot the system.
first you have to set autoboot off for the vpars.

grtz. Mark

[Alex Lavrov.]

ISL - initial system loader

If you already use vparboot it means that the system is already loaded and instead of a regular kernel, VPMON (virtual partion monitor) is loaded. So, you had a "hit enter within 10 seconds" already before the vpmon was loaded and now you won't get it. You need to "shutdown -h now" all the vpars and then in the VPMON> prompt, run command "reboot", which reboots the hard partion.

It's not like vmware on wintels/lintels when you see the whole machine boot process when you boot a virtual machine inside your primary one.

[harry d brown jr]

I think you want:

vparmodify -p vparname -B manual

live free or die
harry d brown

[Sean OB_1]

Jay,

You'll have to set the vpar to manual.

vparmodify -p vparname -B manual

then

vparboot -p vparname -B