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Creating diskettes from the CD-ROM

About creating diskettes from the CD-ROM  Top

You can create diskettes from either a UNIX client or a Windows client. From a Windows client, you use different procedures to create boot diskettes and a firmware diskette.

Creating boot or firmware diskettes from a UNIX client  Top

From a UNIX client, to create boot or firmware diskettes from a file on the Data ONTAP CD-ROM, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Mount the Data ONTAP CD-ROM on your client.
2

Use the /files.htm file to locate the desired firmware or system boot software files.
3

Copy each desired firmware or boot file to a diskette using the following command:

dd if=file of=drivedev bs=512

file is the name of the file.

drivedev is the device name of the diskette drive.

Result

A message listing file counts similar to the following appears, confirming that the diskette is written.

2880+0 records in

2880+0 records out
4

Remove, write-protect, and label each diskette after creating it. Include the firmware revision or Data ONTAP release number, diskette number, and filer model.

Example

Release 6.4, Disk 1 of 7, NetApp F840

Note
It is important to record the filer model on the diskette label, especially if you have different models on site. Filers in different NetApp filer series use different files.

Creating a boot diskette set from a Windows client  Top

From a Windows client, to create a boot diskette set from files on the Data ONTAP CD-ROM, complete the following steps.

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Step

Action

1

Insert the Data ONTAP CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2

Open the Utils folder.
3

Open the RaWrite folder.
4

Double-click Rawrite.exe. For each diskette file in the system boot diskette set, follow the RaWrite prompts, supplying an image source and the drive letter for the formatted diskette that will be one of the system boot diskettes.

For the image source, enter the following the path name:

X:\ontap\Release\Type\bootN

X is your CD-ROM drive letter.

Release is the release number on the front of your CD-ROM.

Type is one of the following:

  • ALPHA for an F700 series filer
  • X86 for an F800, FAS900, R100 series or F85 or F87 filer

N is the number of the diskette you are creating.

Result

RaWrite displays confirmation messages and writes the diskette.
5

Remove, write-protect, and label each diskette after creating it. Include the release number, diskette number, and filer model.

Example

Release 6.4, Disk 1 of 7, NetApp F840

Note
It is important to record the filer model on the diskette label, especially if you have different models on site. Filers in different NetApp filer series use different boot files.

Creating a firmware diskette from a Windows client  Top

From a Windows client, to create a firmware diskette from a file on the Data ONTAP CD-ROM, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Insert the Data ONTAP CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2

Open the CD-ROM and use the files.htm file to locate the desired firmware.
3

Copy the desired file to the diskette.
4

Remove, write-protect, and label each diskette after creating it. Include the firmware revision, diskette number, and filer model.

Example

Firmware 4.0_i1, Disk 1 of 1, NetApp F840

Note
It is important to record the filer model on the diskette label, especially if you have different models on site. Filers in different NetApp filer series use different files.

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