In order to swap out an F760 to an F840 you will have to boot the new filer off of the 5.3.6H1 floppies after attaching the disk shelves.

Make sure that you edit the /etc/rc file first to reflect any changes there might be in the slots that your network interface cards are in, then boot from floppies and run a normal boot. Then just untar the OS and run download.

(Man, that NVRAM battery is *big*!)

I recently needed new batteries for my camper. Being the person that I am I found myself doing an in depth study of the available deep cycle batteries on the market and after an arduous process I purchased "Power Sonic" batteries. I was quite happy to see that the fine folks in engineering also settled on a "Power Sonic" battery for the new F840, albeit a much smaller one than what is in my camper. I guess great minds truly do think alike ;-)

Graham

-----Original Message----- From: Todd C. Merrill [mailto:tmerrill@mathworks.com] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 5:39 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: F840

Okay, so it appears as if the F840 runs ONTAP 5.3.6H1, and the "Start Here" documentation says (p. 10) that "This release runs only on F840 filers."

Hmmm... Hmmmm.... Uh-oh.

There is no common release that will run on the F760's I already have, so I can test how things go there first before putting this champagne beauty through its paces?

Plus, it's not clear (and I think I know the answer to this) how one might take the root volume on a shelf/shelves from an F760 to an F840. If I can't install 5.3.6H1 on an F760.... And, I assume the alpha boot code on my existing F760's won't boot the new F840's...

Answer: Catch-22!

That puts me into a pickle. "I don't want a pickle; I just wanna ride on my motorsickle..."

I'm gonna continue digging through NOW and the docs, but if anyone can respond to me before I give a call into our VAR or NetApp support tomorrow... <help>

(Man, that NVRAM battery is *big*!)

Until next time...

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