Hey All,
Old post but i felt like replying.
HP has the tendency to change command behavior betweens procurve switch models and firmware's
Currently a 2610-48 running firmware 11.107 will no longer accept the startup-default command to change default firmware to boot.
In fact i cant find any command to change the default firmware boot option.
Startup-default is now only a command to change the default configuration file to use for each firmware.
Reading trough the 2610 manual leeds me to believe its not possible to (permanantly) change the default firmware boot.
so in case of power failure primairy flash firmware will always be loaded.
A 2910-al with firmware K15.12.0015 now has 2 commands
again the startup-default for changing the configuration files to use.
and a new option in the boot command (for me) :
boot set-default flash primary/secondary
also the show flash commands give slightly different outputs which is very easy to miss:
for example.
show flash for 2610 will show the "current boot"
show flash for 2910 will show the "default-boot"
RayMK
Yes it is not a problem to replace the newer firmware with older firmware.
I bet you already found a way to do that.
If not and still need to know, leave a message.
regards,
Ton