topic Re: bootconf reporting incorrect in Operating System - HP-UX

bootconf reporting incorrect

uk1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:09:07 GMT

In the past I have found this to be a mismtach from what the primary root disk is set to and what is in bootconf. However this time they match up. Could the incorrect error for /stand/bootconf be because of an additional space between the lvm flag and the actual disk?

# cat /stand/bootconf
l /dev/dsk/c3t0d0

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

RAC_1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:25:36 GMT

It may not be on account of the space you see in a file. I have same file.

What is the exact error message?/ Also can you boot through same PV??

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

uk1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:46:30 GMT

I can boot the physical disk just fine. It is the same that is defined in setboot. Exact error message comes from sysinfo output complaining that "/stand/bootconf is INCORRECT"

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

RAC_1 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:40:58 GMT

man bootconf

It lists all the details. you can run lifls -l on it and check if everything is OK.

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

Stephen Keane — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:07:22 GMT

Try

# cat /stand/bootconf | xd -xc
0000000 6c20 202f 6465 762f 6473 6b2f 6333 7436
l / d e v / d s k / c 3 t 6
0000010 6430 0a00
d 0 \n
0000013

Note there are 2 space between the 'l' and the '/'.

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

uk1 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:50:30 GMT

Everything checks out ok.

# lifls -l /dev/dsk/c2t1d0
volume ISL10 data size 7984 directory size 8 02/05/10 16:25:44
filename type start size implement created
===============================================================
ODE -12960 584 880 0 05/11/02 12:17:16
MAPFILE -12277 1464 128 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SYSLIB -12280 1592 353 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
CONFIGDATA -12278 1952 250 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SLMOD2 -12276 2208 141 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SLDEV2 -12276 2352 157 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SLDRV2 -12276 2512 689 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SLSCSI2 -12276 3208 121 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
MAPPER2 -12279 3336 145 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
IOTEST2 -12279 3488 877 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
PERFVER2 -12279 4368 126 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
PVCU -12801 4496 64 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
SSINFO -12286 4560 2 0 05/11/02 12:17:17
ISL -12800 4568 306 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
AUTO -12289 4880 1 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
HPUX -12928 4888 848 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
PAD -12290 5736 1580 0 02/05/10 16:25:45
LABEL BIN 7320 8 0 05/11/02 14:20:22

# cat /stand/bootconf | xd -xc
0000000 6c20 202f 6465 762f 6473 6b2f 6332 7431
l / d e v / d s k / c 2 t 1
0000010 6430 0a00
d 0 \n
0000013

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/1/1/0.1.0
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/0.0.0

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Autosearch is ON (enabled)

disk 1 0/1/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 73.4GST373453LC
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:10:44 GMT

Hi David,

It's probably complaining because the bootconf does not contain the alternate disk as well.
The file should contain both.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

uk1 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:02:43 GMT

Bingo. Thanks Jeff, never realized that it needed to contain alt disk as well.

Re: bootconf reporting incorrect

Geoff Wild — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:12:06 GMT

lvlnboot -v |grep "Boot disk"

bootconf needs them both.

Order doesn't matter.

Rgds...Geoff