idetifying the rootdisk

[MUTTIKKAL]

how can i know from which disk i hv booted the
system?if i hv mirrors of root disk and all are connected together?

[Sandy Chen]

Hi,

You can check on /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
It should tell you from which h/w patch your os is loaded

Regards,
Sandy

[Ivan Krastev]

cat /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log | grep -i boot


regards,
ivan

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
and welcome to the forums !

# lvlnboot -v
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vg00:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 (0/0/1/1.2.0) -- Boot Disk
Boot: lvol1 on: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0
Root: lvol3 on: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0
Swap: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0
Dump: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0, 0

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Bob Ingersoll]

For PA:

echo 'boot_string/S'|adb /stand/vmunix /dev/mem

[Coolmar]

Hi,

Use the lvlnboot command:

# lvlnboot -v

It will give you which is the primary and which is the alternate

[Raj D.]

Muttikkal,

Here it is ,

# echo 'boot_string/S'|adb /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem


Cheers,
Raj.