[SunHELP] boot-device

[Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect Solutions]

Hi all,

I have a Solaris 9 system with 3-way mirroring of OS and apps (Disksuite
4.2.1). When I set this up (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away) I set

boot-device=primary_boot altboot1 altboot2

where each of those names have a devalias in nvramrc.

I have tested the commands/boot devices individually yet manually

boot primary_boot

boot altboot1

boot altboot2

and each of them will boot from the OK prompt just fine.

However, I thought that if boot-device was set like I have it (3 different
boot devices) and say, primary_boot was dead, that Solaris would be smart
enough to automatically move down the list and try altboot1. I even swore I
tested this and it worked (in that far away galaxy).

Now, it does not. I thought this was the idea with 3 way mirroring?

Ideas? TIA

eeprom:
test-args: data not available.
diag-passes=1
pcia-probe-list=4,1
pcib-probe-list=5,6,1,2,3,4
local-mac-address?=false
fcode-debug?=false
silent-mode?=false
scsi-initiator-id=7
oem-logo: data not available.
oem-logo?=false
oem-banner: data not available.
oem-banner?=false
ansi-terminal?=true
screen-#columns=80
screen-#rows=34
ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
ttyb-ignore-cd=true
ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true
ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
output-device=screen
input-device=keyboard
load-base=16384
auto-boot?=true
boot-command=boot
diag-file=disk
diag-device=disk
boot-file: data not available.
boot-device=primary_boot altboot1 altboot2
use-nvramrc?=true
nvramrc=devalias primary_boot
/pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 1/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000f51a,0:a devalias altboot1
/pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 2/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000b788,0:a devalias altboot2
/pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 3/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f2300002d1d,0:a
security-mode=none
security-password: data not available.
security-#badlogins=0
diag-out-console=false
#power-cycles=74
diag-script=none
diag-level=min
diag-switch?=false
error-reset-recovery=boot


Michael J. Connolly
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