URGENT: How do I turn off fast boot? HPUX 11.00?

[Pamela Hammitt]

I'm trying to ignite a disk to rebuild it, but I can't break into the boot process with esc?

Pam

[Pete Randall]

Pam,

Try, with the system up, running "fastboot -t FASTBOOT=off".


Pete

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Pam,

Oops, make that "setboot -t FASTBOOT=off".


Pete

[melvyn burnard]

Well this is done at the BCH prompt if I recall, and has nothing to do with the OS

Generally you turn the systenm on, and while watching the console you interrupt the boot sequence and get into BCH.
Then you use the config menu and disable FASTBOOT

Ths may differ slightly, dependant on your model of 9000 server

[Pete Randall]

You might also want to turn off autoboot:

setboot -b off


Pete

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Pam,

Well....Pete's right & Mel's kind of right.
Setboot will indeed do this, but it can be done at the BCH as well. It IS a function of the OS - not just the BCH.
But as Mel points out, not *all* 9000 systems / OS versions have this option for setboot. All relatively current systems do, however.

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[Pamela Hammitt]

Thanks