I guess that's because the machines are not coming with the key for boot mode selection since 1996 or earlier. Am I wrong? I would never call a 1996 RS6000 as modern. :-)
The last machine that I used with that key was a 570, which is very old. I also have a 34H at home that owns a powerful key for boot selection.
-----IBM AIX Discussion List <aix-l@Princeton.EDU> wrote: -----
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
From: "Myers, Drew" <MyersD@GOALAMO.COM>
Sent by: IBM AIX Discussion List <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Date: 12/26/2002 01:37PM
Subject: Re: bootlist info
For my education, what are you referring to as "modern" and not modern
machines?
-----Original Message-----
From: pSeries AIX Geek [mailto:aixgeek@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 2:38 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: bootlist info
Don't worry about it. The service mode bootlist is a
throwback to the days when you had a key to toggle
back and forth between service and normal.
On "modern" machines (actually, this probably worked
back then), the system determines what media you are
booting from and (in part) determines what mode to
use.
For example, set your bootlist with:
bootlist -m normal cd0 hdisk0 hdisk1
Now insert a CD and boot. You'll come up in
service/maintenance mode.
--- "CHANDRASHEKAR, MANI"
<MANI_CHANDRASHEKAR@FLEET.COM> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have hdisk0 as the primary boot disk and
> hdisk1 as the mirrored
> disk. I do understand that under normal conditions
> if the os does not find
> the boot image on hdisk0 then it will boot from
> hdisk1.I have the normal
> bootlist setting as :
> bootlist -m normal -o
>
> hdisk0
> hdisk1
> rmt0
> cd0
> fd0
> ent0
>
> 1) How should I have my service bootlist listed?
> 2) If I have hdisk1 as the first entry in the
> service bootlist and if my
> hdisk0 is bad, can I boot my system in the service
> mode and bring all my
> filesystem's up..? (or)
> should I modify the normal bootlist to have
> hdisk1 as the first
> entry..?
>
> Thanks,
>
> shekar...
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