Prepare Your Boot Drive - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Upgrade Manual

Chapter 8

Prepare Your Boot Drive

Before you reinstall your NOS, you must repartition your boot drive or, if your
boot drive is on a HP NetRAID logical drive, you must reinitialize your boot
logical drive.
If Your Boot Drive is Connected to a SCSI Controller
If your boot drive is connected to a SCSI controller, and is not on a NetRAID
logical drive, you should clear your boot drive as follows:
1. Delete all partitions on your boot drive.
2. Repartition the drive.
NOTE If you have any problems with your boot drive during NOS
installation, it is recommended that you reformat the hard drive
using the Symbios utility. To start the Symbios utility,
1. Restart your NetServer and press <Ctrl> <C> when you see
the Symbios Configuration utility message.
2. From the main menu, select your adapter and then Device
Selections.
3. Select the hard disk to format.
4. Select the Format menu option. Reformatting your boot
drive will take a long time to complete. Do not power off or
attempt to move the NetServer while this utility is running.
5. Exit from the Symbios utility and the NetServer restarts.
If Your Boot Drive is on a NetRAID Logical Drive
If your boot drive is on a NetRAID logical drive, you should reinitialize the
logical drive using the HP NetRAID Express Tools utility:
1. Restart your NetServer.
2. Press <Ctrl> <M> when you see the prompt:
Option: Experienced users may press
<Ctrl> <M> for HP NetRAID Express Tools now.
Firmware Initializing
3. Reinitialize your boot drive:
a. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu.
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