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Old 09-11-2001
Changing boot device on a Sun box
I need to change the boot slice on a Sun box, more specifically the alias of "disk". When I do a printenv from the ok prompt, it lists "boot-device disk net", but when it boots, it is looking at the wrong slice on "disk"
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Old 09-12-2001
Try this PDF document and see if it does the trick:

lucien.blight.com/~rick/ob3xcrm.pdf
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Old 09-13-2001
at the PROM prompt, run the nvalias command to see what value is associated with the disk alias. if that value is pointing to the incorrect slice, you will have restructure the value to point to the correct slice. ::email removed::
Last edited by oombera; 02-18-2004 at 11:39 AM..
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Old 09-14-2001
Thanks guys. I got it working Smilie
 
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