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Other Boot Params

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bribob

Technical User
Jun 1, 2007
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CA
What are the possible entries in the " other " field in the boot params?

Last night my system (3300Mx,7.1.6.10,NEW non-mitel HDD) was hanging after downloading the boot_install file... The console looked like this...

boot device : motfcc
unit number : 0
processor number : 0
file name : Boot_Install
inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.1.100:ffffff00
host inet (h) : 192.168.1.101
gateway inet (g) : 192.168.1.101
user (u) : ftp
ftp password (pw) : @
flags (f) : 0x0
other (o) : motfcc

Attached TCP/IP interface to motfcc0.
Attaching network interface lo0... done.
Loading... 6351280
Starting at 0x10000...

-- system hangs a couple minutes, then resets --


It wasn't until I changed the ' other (o) ' field to FixPartition, that the installation actually went somewhere. Does anyone have documentation on the various 'other' options that do magical things like save time?

thx,
-b
 
FixPartition is used now in the other field when installing new software it ensures that the drive is partition properly during an initial install.
 
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