topic Re: Skipping during boot in Operating System - HP-UX

Skipping during boot

kjell mesch — Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:09:31 GMT

Hi all.

My 9000/715 is standning still during boot waiting for nfs client sub-system.
How do I force it to continue?
(I don't think it will ever go on after 2h +)

Re: Skipping during boot

David Manson — Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:23:06 GMT

If you just want to skip starting this service, use "Ctrl ".
If in the long term you don't want to start the nfs client service, then edit the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf configuration file and change the value for NFS_CLIENT to 0

Re: Skipping during boot

Bill Hassell — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:34:01 GMT

From the console, type CTRL-C or shift-DEL to terminate the boot process. This will bypass all the steps following the broken NFS connection, so don't use the system for production until you have disabled NFS client capability (see /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf).

NFS is not a good protocol to use for any production work as either a broken network or server will take down every client. While it is quite convenient, NFS does seriously decrease reliability of multiple systems.

Re: Skipping during boot

kjell mesch — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:43:22 GMT

Ctrl to step on does not work.
I can get a consol how ever.
What editor works??
I'we tryed VI, pico but there is no correct
linefeed in these two.

All I whant to do is delete a line in a conf file.

Re: Skipping during boot

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:07:56 GMT

Hi:

IF you can login at the console, but the configuration of the console isn't correct, then reset it as described in this thread:

http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x758d0559ff7cd4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Now can you use 'vi'?

...JRF...

Re: Skipping during boot

John Eaton — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:03:18 GMT

The only way I know of to abort the startup process is Control BACKSLASH. This is the SIGABRT signal, which will cause the running (hanging) process to dump a core file and exit, and rc will quit right there and present a login prompt. I've been using it for years and only recently heard it mentioned in an HP Course (system/network admin 3).
I've never done this on a workstation (I've got a 715/100 I can try it on tonight...) so I can't promise it will work like the console on an 800 series.

Re: Skipping during boot

kjell mesch — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:55:51 GMT

I have been trying to reset the function keys
But I have not been lucky so far :(
It seems like VI is presenting the hole file in one line.
The holding down 'D' key during boot seems quite useless on my HW. I can't see any diffenrence in boot

Re: Skipping during boot

Carlos Fernandez Riera — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:34:31 GMT

I supose you have an HP terminal.

When NFS is trying to start press letf-top key (reset or interrupt if i remember well).

Try lots of times until startup cancels.

Then, if you have problems with vi there an alternative method.

On /sbin/rc3.d or /sbin/rc4.d there must be a file named Sxxxnfs.

Rename this file to lowercase (sxxxnfs).

This will avoid to start nfs because init looks for S's files to start subsystems.

Re: Skipping during boot

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:54:04 GMT

Hi (again):

Your last post said, vi presented your file as "one line". Does that line have embedded '^X' characters where X varies, perhaps ^M and ^Z ???

If you do a 'wc -l do you get a linecount=1 ???

...JRF...

Re: Skipping during boot

Shujaat Hussain — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 00:20:06 GMT

Here is a cool thing. If you have to bypass any process during boot. Type CTRL+Shift+| (pipe). It will throw you on the login.

Enjoy.

Re: Skipping during boot

Shujaat Hussain — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 00:20:33 GMT

Here is a cool thing. If you have to bypass any process during boot. Type CTRL+Shift+| (pipe). It will throw you on the login.

Enjoy.