topic Re: Problems installing 11iv2 in Operating System - HP-UX

Problems installing 11iv2

dictum9 — Mon, 08 May 2006 14:42:44 GMT

The hardware is ZX6000 (rx2600).
I am trying to install 11.23 on it off CDROM.
However, it hangs and does not get installed.

I get the following:

EFI shell version 1.10
Loading SCSI
Loading Gigabit Ethernet adapter

\EFI\BOOT\AUTO

Loading: CDROM
Starting: CDROM

AUTO ==> boot ::INSTALL
seconds left until autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING .........> system memory = 24569 MB
Loading section 0
................... complete
Loading section 1
.................... complete
Loading system table
Loading RAM disk file (::IINSTALLFS)
...................
complete
Launching ::INSTALL
SIZE: Text 262295K + Data: 6286k 5380K = Total 37970K

And that is where it hangs. Why won't it boot off the CD?

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

Ivan Ferreira — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:26:55 GMT

This may not be related, but ensure that you have selected the right console input and output devices in the EFI shell.

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

JASH_2 — Tue, 09 May 2006 03:08:48 GMT

etc,

How long did you leave it at this point, it can take a very long time to come back, I was just wondering if you had left it and gone for a coffee to see if it carried on?

Regards,

JASH

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

dictum9 — Tue, 09 May 2006 09:49:21 GMT

I have waited about 5 minutes.
How long do you think it should take based on your experience?

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

JASH_2 — Tue, 09 May 2006 11:23:08 GMT

etc,

It can take up to 20 minutes, depending upon different things, especially memory. I would leave it, have a coffee, cigarette and a mars bar, then amble back and have a look. If it does fail, it will eventually come back and tell you an error message.

Regards,

JASH

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

dictum9 — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:15:55 GMT

I've left it like that overnight. It hangs without any further error message.

Could it be SCSI controller?

Re: Problems installing 11iv2

Torsten. — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:56:41 GMT

What version of install media?
Your system is a workstation and workstation support for 11.23 is stopped, the last supported version was sometime in 2004.
Could this be the reason?