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Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

Bolek Mynarski — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:15:47 GMT

Well, I thought I got it right only to find out that I can't boot from my mirrored disk. After looking closely at my .sh_history file, I noticed that I missed an important part. Instead of typing:

mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix/dev/rdsk/c3t15d0

I typed:

mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0/stand/vmunix/dev/rdsk/c3t15d0

(missing right parenthesis). Is there an easy way to redeem it or I have to remove the disk from the volume group and start over?

Thanks.

Re: Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:36:00 GMT

Hi:

Try doing a 'rmboot' followed by 'mkboot'. See the man pages for either (which are the same).

...JRF...

Re: Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

Bruce Regittko_1 — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:45:39 GMT

Hi,

You should be able to enter the corrected command since mkboot will also update the AUTO file.

--Bruce

Re: Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

Darrel Louis — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:15:19 GMT

Hi,

You can re-type the mkboot command once more.
This shouldn't be a problem.

Is there a space after /stand/vmunix /dev/rdsk/??.
In both cases I don't see a space, which should be the case.

Regards

Darrel Louis

Re: Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

Bolek Mynarski — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:09:06 GMT

Thanks a lot guys! I guess, I panicked. Yes, after re-running mkboot command, everything was find. :-)

Re: Is there an easier way to fix it mkboot -a "booboo"

Rob Mallard — Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:20:29 GMT

If you want to view the contents of your AUTO file (results or executing a mkboot -a) try:

lifcp dev/rdsk/c3t15d0:AUTO -

This will avoid having to do a reboot to see if the AUTO string is correct.