2 Boot without /etc/rc
3 Change password
4 Initialize all disks OR Initialize owned disks OR Assign ownership and initialize disks for root volume OR No disks assigned (use `disk assign' from Maintenance Mode)
5 Maintenance mode
After initiating a floppy boot, you are presented with a menu of choices, each of which allows you to select a particular type of boot.
option 2: boot without etc/rc
This does a normal boot, but bypasses
execution of the etc/rc file. Following
this, the system is running normally,
but without the configuration
normally provided to it in the etc/rc
file. The commands in the etc/rc file
can be typed manually to bring the
system fully operational. Generally,
this command is used when there is
something in the etc/rc file which is
causing the filer to misbehave. Often,
only an ifconfig command and an nfs on
or a cifs restart command are done
manually, allowing NFS or CIFS to
become operational; then the etc/rc
file is edited to remove the offending
lines, and then the system is
rebooted.
option 3: change password
This allows you to change the password
of the filer. It is usually used when
you have forgotten the current password,
and so cannot use the online
passwd command.
option 4: initialize all disks
This commands zeroes all the disks of
the filer, and re-enters the setup
menu. It is typically used only once,
at system installation time. This
option asks you to confirm its use;
once confirmed, there is no way to
retrieve data previously on the disks.
Zeroing the disks may take time (sometimes
hours), depending on how many
disks there are, whether they need to
be zeroed or not, and what capacity
each has.
On systems with software-based disk ownership option 4 will initialize disks which are assigned to the Filer. When no disks are assigned on non gFiler systems, an attempt is made to assign a minimum set of disks for the root volume. After disks are assigned, they are zeroed and then the setup menu is entered.
option 5: maintenance mode
This enters a mode of the system in
which a small subset of commands are
available, and is usually employed to
diagnose hardware (often disk-related)
problems. In maintenance mode, WAFL
volumes are recognised but are not
used, the etc/rc file is not interpreted,
and few system services are
started. NFS and CIFS cannot be used.
Disk reconstructions do not occur. No
filesystem upgrade occurs, even if the
system is newer than the OS release
previously installed.