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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:38 AM

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?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:38 AM

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.

--
Coy Hile
hile@cse.psu.edu

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:38 AM

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com <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!!!

Download "Solaris Volume Manager" from http://docs.sun.com/ and look for ABD
(Alternate Boot Device).

przemol

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