6.0 does indeed have a fast reboot option, which skips the memcheck and the load of the OS from the disk. This kicks in for panics and reboots where the OS version is still the same.
Other parts of boot are faster too: WAFL replay, disk scan, ...
{and, we're have more in mind..)
alr
-----Original Message----- From: Timothy A. McCarthy [mailto:tmac@netapp.com] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:21 PM To: Todd C. Merrill Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: fastboot
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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