topic Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE in Operating System - HP-UX

COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

Darren Cook_1 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:24:58 GMT

I am trying to cold install HP-UX 11.00.
I startup the box, insert media and stop it at the boot menu.
When I try and boot from alternative media it says "Failed to Initialize"
Any reason for this? I have checked the path using the SEARCH command and the alt path is correct.
The CD light does flicker as well.
Help me.

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

James Beamish-White — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:32:17 GMT

Hi,

Have you tried another media? The CD may not be able to read.

And if you're doing a cold install, why are you stopping it at the boot menu? (Racking my brain to try and remember the process of cold install). Doesn't the CD just take you into the install menu automatically?

James

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

Sanjay_6 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:40:13 GMT

Hi Darren,

Try with the path in the bo string in place of the alt word. use bo path_to_cdrom.

Also change the media and try. Don't see any reason why the system should not boot from the CD. Is the systems supported under 11.0.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/5971-0642/5971-0642_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/5971-0642/00/00/6-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/5971-0642/00/00/6-toc.html&searchterms=Supported%20Systems%20&queryid=20011025-064334

Hope this helps.

thanks

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

melvyn burnard — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:44:52 GMT

would help to know what model 9000 system, and also the CD model(make).
also, when you interrupt the boot, add ipl tothe search command:
sea ipl

this should show all devices with bootable area available.

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

Darren Cook_1 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:16:49 GMT

Model D270!
There is only on sequential device on the system! So it must be the right one surely!

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

Joseph C. Denman — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:47:02 GMT

Darren,

The CD is not sequential. The sequential device will be the tape drive. The cd will be a random access device. Check your path again.

...jcd...

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

paul courry — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:38:50 GMT

And it will most likely have a SCSI address of 2. Industry standards call for boot disk at 6, tape drive at 0 and CD-ROM at 2.

Re: COLD INSTALL OF HP-UX 11.00 FALLS TO INITIALIZE

John Payne_2 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:51:27 GMT

Have you tried to start the install with 'boot alt install' command? Or just 'boot alt'? You need the install string added to install off the cd.

John