hp-ux 11.11 boot question

[jiangjun]

when I study the hp-ux lvm,what's the mean of follow information:
hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix,
thank!

[Grayh]

The command you gave is used to Create a System Mirrior Disk.

Check the following:-

#ioscan -fnC disk (identify mirror disk)
#pvcreate -Bf /dev/rdsk/c2t5d0 (make a bootable physical volume)
#mkboot -l /dev/rdsk/c2t5d0 (create LVM disk layout)
****#mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix"
/dev/rdsk/c2t5d0 (-lq = switch off quorum)***

The option -lq is to switch off the quorum

[jiangjun]

Then what's the mean for "(;0)",and if I want to boot from the backup kernel,which the command used?
thank!

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

The (0;) specifies the area on the disk where boot files can be found - this is historical and not needed.

For booting a previous kernel use

ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix.prev

[jiangjun]

thank a lot