boot alternate disk w/o console

[ddifdevnull]

Anyone know if there is a way to boot off a secondary disk from the command line? IE: without a console?

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

The easiest way would be to just switch the primary and alternate boot paths as specified via 'setboot'.

For example:

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/0/1/1.0.0
Alternate bootpath : 0/0/2/0.0.0

So, if I want to boot from the alternate disk, HW path 0/0/2/0.0.0, I would just switch the primary and alternate.

setboot -p 0/0/2/0.0.0

setboot -a 0/0/1/1.0.0

Now if I do a 'setboot' I see the entries reversed.

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/0/2/0.0.0
Alternate bootpath : 0/0/1/1.0.0

Now when the system boots it will boot from the primary path, which used to be the alternate.

[donna hofmeister]

please do 'man setboot' to see if that answers your question.

[ddifdevnull]

Thanks Patrick! I appreciate your courteous and thorough answer.