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From: gavin@durban.vector.co.za (Gavin Maltby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:24:01 GMT
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Rick Kelly (rmk@rmkhome.com) wrote:

: I inserted a Sun SCSI card in an SS20 running Solaris 2.3 patched to the
: hilt.  I did not move any other cards.  The "boot -r" reassigned the
: new controller as controller 0, which of course, didn't have any boot
: devices on it.

[snip]

: I have unde my care a SS2000 with 32 drives that reassigned everything
: when someone did a "boot -r" by mistake.  Solaris 2.3.

There were some problems with this mechanism under 2.3 that could do
this.  I recall a patch that fixed it 9I think), and it is fine in
2.4 and 2.5.

Cheers

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