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Old 01-16-2008, 08:38 AM
Coy Hile
 
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Default Re: booting a V880 off alternate disk

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> How do you boot a V880 off a different disk?
>
> Normally, all I ever have to do is put the disk I want to boot from in
> disk slot 0, turn the key, and push the button. I've never done it on a
> V880, and apparently it's different.
>
> I made up an alternate boot disk on the disk in slot 2. Shut down the
> box, and swapped the disk in slot 0 for the disk in slot 2. Brought the
> system up, and it booted from the disk in slot 2!!!
>
> W-T-H?
>


FC-AL booting has the WWN in the device path. you'd need to set the
boot device to the correct device path.


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