topic boot_ontap give command status -6 on taken over partner... in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60936#M14325 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I did a takeover (successful) but the taken over filer did not successfully reboot.&nbsp; It's sitting at a LOADER-A prompt.&nbsp; The commands <STRONG>boot_ontap</STRONG> and <STRONG>boot_primary</STRONG> both yield <STRONG>*** command status = -6</STRONG>.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>boot_primary</STRONG> also gives:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;">Could not load fat://boot0/X86/freebsd/image1/kernel fat://boot0/X86_ELF/kernel/primary.krn: Device not found</SPAN></P><P></P><P>I'm lost...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:30 GMT richard_may 2025-06-05T06:18:30Z boot_ontap give command status -6 on taken over partner... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60936#M14325 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I did a takeover (successful) but the taken over filer did not successfully reboot.&nbsp; It's sitting at a LOADER-A prompt.&nbsp; The commands <STRONG>boot_ontap</STRONG> and <STRONG>boot_primary</STRONG> both yield <STRONG>*** command status = -6</STRONG>.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>boot_primary</STRONG> also gives:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;">Could not load fat://boot0/X86/freebsd/image1/kernel fat://boot0/X86_ELF/kernel/primary.krn: Device not found</SPAN></P><P></P><P>I'm lost...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60936#M14325 richard_may 2025-06-05T06:18:30Z Re: boot_ontap give command status -6 on taken over partner... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60941#M14328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Looks like you boot device failed. You need to open support case to check and replace if necessary.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:15:26 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60941#M14328 aborzenkov 2012-09-24T10:15:26Z Re: boot_ontap give command status -6 on taken over partner... https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60950#M14331 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Case opened.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:30:53 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/boot-ontap-give-command-status-6-on-taken-over-partner/m-p/60950#M14331 richard_may 2012-09-24T10:30:53Z