If it is any consequence, when 6.0.1 or later is loaded on your machine, it appears to have a "fastboot" type mechanism. It appears to skip POST & memory, just boots ontap from memory.
--tmac
"Todd C. Merrill" wrote:
SunOS used to have a `fastboot` command that skipped filesystem checks (?) on bootup. HP-UX machines have a PROM setting FASTBOOT to skip memory checks on bootup.
Anything equivalent on a filer (skipping memory tests, not filesystem checks, that is!)?
With 3 GB of memory to check on boot, it takes (min:sec) 1:11 of a total boot time of 2:15. Downtime can be reduced by 50% by just skipping the memory test!
It may not be a good thing in production, but during installation and configuration, it gets to be tiring.
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