Section C: Reinitializing all disks

You might need to reinitialize all disks in the following circumstances:

You decide to redeploy an existing appliance and you need to completely reconfigure it.
Network Appliance Technical Support advises you that the only way to recover from an error is to reinitialize all disks.
Caution
Reinitializing all disks causes all existing data to be lost.

To reinitialize all disks, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	If the console is...	Then...
	Displaying the appliance prompt, for example, `netcache1>`	Place the system boot diskette into the diskette drive of the appliance and enter `reboot`.
	Not displaying the appliance prompt	Reboot from diskette. If the console is showing the ok prompt, enter `boot`. If the console is unresponsive, enter `boot floppy`. If the console is still unresponsive, reset the appliance by turning it off, leaving it off for 30 seconds, and then turning it back on.
2	When the boot menu appears, enter `4` to choose Initialize all disks. After the initialization process finishes, the setup script runs. You will be prompted for the appliance IP address and other information.
3	Upload the new software image through the Appliance Manager. See the Appliance Manager online Help for instructions. Until you upload the new software image, no operating system exists on the disks. Therefore, do not reboot the appliance until after you have uploaded the new operating system and have been prompted to reboot.