topic Re: Boot tape in Operating System - HP-UX

Boot tape

CLUTIER — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:11:43 GMT

I used the command make_recover to create a boot band. What should me do to use it ? Has there you it of the manipulations at the level of the sequence of boot?

Re: Boot tape

Clemens van Everdingen — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:17:10 GMT

Hi,

You could recover your system with it.
Just boot your system, interrupt the boot, and do search for bootable devices, and point to the tape.

Your system will come up with a recovery install screen.

I have added a zip file with a complete recovery example.

These are a few html files with example.

C.

Re: Boot tape

Stefan Farrelly — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:17:44 GMT

1. Insert the tape into your tape drive.
2. reboot your server.
3. Watch on the console until it says 'press any key to stop the boot process'. Press a key.
4. Now you want to boot off the path to the tape drive. You may need to do a SEARCH command to see all your bootable devices to find out the path to the tape drive, unless you know it. Once you know it do;
5. boot
6. then follow the onscreen messages when it boots from the tape. There is a guided menu on how to recover from your tape.

Re: Boot tape

steven Burgess_2 — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:23:37 GMT

Hi

To learn more about ignite

http://software.hp.com/products/IUX/

HTH

Steve

Re: Boot tape

Animesh Chakraborty — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:27:07 GMT

Hi,
In case of OS corruptions ,U can resotre the server using ignite tape.

1) put it in the tape drive
2) abort the boot process by pressing a key when it says so
3) type "search"
4) notice the P0, P1, P2, etc entry for the tape drive and then issue "bo p1" or whatever.
5) the tape will erase your system and install whatever is on the tape.