changing boot disk while within current OS

[Joshua Leckner_1]

Is there a way I can tell the HP OS to boot a different disk the next time it is booted....without having to change the boot prom??



All i want to do is tell the HP OS that is booted on the PRIMARY path to boot to the SECONDARY path the next time it is booted.


Thanx for the help.

[John Palmer · Accepted solution]

setboot

Regards,
John

[S.K. Chan]

# setboot
===> displays the current boot path

To change ..

# setboot -p

# setboot -a

[hpuxrox]

setboot -p primary -a alternate

[Deshpande Prashant]

Hi
Following is small script I use to change boot sequence on next boot.
##------------------------------
#
# Use this script to change the boot sequence # using setboot command.
#
HP=`hostname`
BOOT_PATH_LOG=/home/system/Logs/${HP}_set_bootlog

exec 2>&1 >>${BOOT_PATH_LOG}
echo "##--------------------------##"
date
echo "#-------- Check boot Paths before change"
setboot

##check pri/alt paths
PRI_PATH=`setboot |grep Pri |awk '{print $4}'`
ALT_PATH=`setboot |grep Alt |awk '{print $4}'`

echo "\nCurrent Primary Path is ${PRI_PATH} "
echo "Current Alternate Path is ${ALT_PATH} "

## Change Primary and Alternate Paths
#set primary path
setboot -p ${ALT_PATH}

#set alternate path
setboot -a ${PRI_PATH}

echo "\n#-- Check boot Paths after change"
setboot
date
echo "##-------------------------##"

##-----

Thanks.
Prashant Deshpande.

[Joshua Leckner_1]

Thank you all.


I settled for the script.


Thanx again.