Edit /etc/rc to match 840 slot configuration. Swap heads. Boot to 5.3.6H1 floppies. Select normal boot. Install 5.3.6H1 as normal (tar or exe) Download etc.

Shouldn't take more than 20 minutes.

-----Original Message----- From: Todd C. Merrill [mailto:tmerrill@mathworks.com] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:39 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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