Chapter 9

Shutting Down and Booting a System Topics

This topic map lists the chapters that provide information on shutting down and booting a system.

Chapter 10, Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)	Provides overview information and guidelines for shutting down and booting a system.
Chapter 11, Run Levels and Boot Files (Tasks)	Provides overview information and tasks that are related to run levels and boot files.
Chapter 12, Shutting Down a System (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for shutting down a system.
Chapter 13, SPARC: Booting a System (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for booting a SPARC based system.
Chapter 14, IA: Booting a System (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for booting an IA based system.
Chapter 15, The Boot Process (Reference)	Provides a high-level overview of the boot process for both SPARC based and IA based systems.