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ERROR: Did not boot from primary loader in primary boot media. Autoboot will be disabled

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Applies to

  • AFF A400
  • FAS8300
  • FAS8700
  • ONTAP 9
  • USB memory stick

Issue

On reboot the FAS system stops at loader promt with error code

ERROR: [D9] Boot option loading failed and ERROR: Did not boot from primary loader in primary boot media. Autoboot will be disabled

Example:

BIOS Version: 16.6
PEI start.
CPU PEI initialization.
Wait BMC self-test result.
BMC self-test: OK.
UPI initialization.
CPU initialization.
Running full memory initialization.
SPI FLASH: Primary BIOS
PEI end.
DXE start.
USB initialization.
PCI host bridge initialization.
CSM initialization.
PCI Bus initialization start.
BDS start.
Console output devices connect.
Memory Size : 147456 MB                                                         
                                                                                
Ready to boot. 
                                                                
ERROR: [D9] Boot option loading failed

ERROR: [D9] Boot option loading failed

Boot Loader version 6.4.12
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2021 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.*******************************************************
*** Booted from Backup partition,    Primary Loader ***
*******************************************************
ACPI RSDP Found at 0x6cc33000
ERROR: Did not boot from primary loader in primary boot media. Autoboot will be disabled.

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